The National Academies of Sciences’ Health and Medicine Division releases a commissioned paper at a day-long workshop on the impact of health literacy. The event, entitled “Building the Case for Health Literacy,” will also include “presentations and discussion of issues related to the effect of health literacy interventions on health and health care costs, quality, behaviors, outcomes, and other areas as appropriate.”
Speakers include representatives from health insurance company UnitedHealth and pharmaceutical companies Merck and Eli Lilly as well as Johns Hopkins Health Centers, Arkansas Department of Health and others. The event will be held at the National Academy of Sciences.
Register for In-person Attendance or Webcast: http://bit.ly/2yFJyed
Watch the Webcast: At the meeting page
Download the commissioned paper which will be presented at the workshop:
Improving Health and the Bottom Line: The Case for Health Literacy