health illiteracy can kill you

Health Illiteracy Can Kill YouMark Scrimshire@ekivemark

To change health care

we have to put the

Patient

at the center

Mark Scrimshire@ekivemark

“The Patient Centered Medical Home ...

...is centered around the Physician”

Anonymous -... for obvious reasons

Heard in an industry meeting

Understanding is one thing

Implications and Interactions are quite another thing

Health Literacy

The ability to read, understand, and utilize basic health-related information

... like prescription bottle labels and appointment slips

Learn or Die

18%

40%

Illiterate

Literate

25% of the 3500 people monitored had inadequate health literacy

The Illiterate group had a greater chance of dying over the next 6 years

http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2007/10/18/healthcare_complexity_the_elephant_in_th

Yes, Health Care is extremely complicated

... because the patient is usually

excluded

Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare. Enabled by information, software, and community that we collect or create, we the patients can be effective partners in our own health care, and we the people can participate in reshaping the health system itself.

Dr. Ted Eytan& the community

Health Care is important to us all

“I Didn’t know I had so much to say about it ...”

Geoff DiMasiPrincipal P’unk Ave,

Health Consumer,Parent

HIPAA

?P...orta

bilit

y Privacy

Privacy is a personal decision

and a personal trade-off

HIpAA

Privacy takes a back seat to quality of life

It is my choice... and I need knowledge

to take responsibility

We choose what to believe

... and who We share with

Don’t talk at meHave a conversation with me

To stay relevant health care must

embrace openness

HIPAA

To change health care we have to put ourselves at the center

HealthCamp is not just a conversation

HealthCamp is your call to action

Get involved in managing your own health

#hcmd09

healthca.mp

Go to http://healthca.mp for more information

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