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Language and Literacy Gaps Are Holding Back Health Equity
When people were traveling on the Oregon Trail, they had to rely on their own instincts, and sometimes help from others, to find their way through the dangerous and wide-open spaces of the American West. Similarly, it can be hard for people to navigate the healthcare...
Why Investing in Health Equity Programs is a Smart Business Decision
The financial implications of not having health equity programs in healthcare can be significant for all of us. Deloitte estimates that inequities in the U.S. health system cost approximately $320 billion from increased healthcare spending, lost productivity,...
Language and Literacy: A Critical Factor in Achieving Healthcare Equity
Last month I had the privilege of attending the Healthcare Equity Innovations Summit by the ICD Healthcare Network. It was an incredible event with great speakers. The people in the room were compassionate, kind, brilliant, and unified in their desire to bring health...
Unlocking the Potential: How Technology Can Overcome Language Barriers and Promote Health Equity
As a society, we increasingly rely on technology in our everyday lives. However, with the growing prevalence of digital devices comes the threat of communication barriers between people from different cultures. These barriers can result in significant health...
Not Lost in Machine Translation: How SpeechMED Overcomes ML’s Limitations
With any new technology, there is often confusion about what we do and just as importantly, what we don't do. Our product, SpeechMED, is a multilingual voice platform that empowers you to hear medication notifications, care instructions, and vital information in the...
Mother, I’m Sorry I Didn’t Know
Years ago, my mother visited me from Orlando. She always presented herself as healthy, athletic, and bone-lean since she comes from great genetic stock. Her Japanese father died at 100 years old. Three days before his death, he was still digging in the garden and his...
Adding Up: The Cost of Low Health Literacy
This is the 2nd post in our Health Equality blog series that will explore health literacy and health disparities in the U.S. Read Part I here. Healthcare miscommunications is a $600 billion problem in the United States because our most expensive patients suffer from...
All Ears: Communicating Health Information Through Voice
This is the first post in our Health Equality blog series that will explore health literacy and health disparities in the U.S. Learning to read is complex because it is an acquired function, unlike speaking and listening that have been naturally hard-wired into the...
The Holidays with Elderly Family Members Matter
By Elain Harris The holidays are traditionally a time when we reflect on past memories. For those who live with a frail spouse or for children with an elderly parent or parents, these reflections often deepen the awareness of the extent of how much life has changed...
How Health Literacy and Patient Engagement work together
In Digital Health there are many terms and buzzwords being used. Sometimes it is hard to understand what these actually mean. Two issues discussed a lot in Health Care are the problems of Health Literacy and Patient Engagement. What exactly is Health Literacy and...
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5 Tips for Designing Mobile Health Apps for Seniors
How To Design with the Elderly in Mind: Most designers come from a younger generation and often times forget that the elderly are utilizing their technology, and their numbers are growing. There are over 2 Million apps available on your mobile phone and 165,000 of...
