This year, Engaging the Patient will share daily blog posts not only from notable health literacy experts like Michael Wolf and Paul Smith and organizations like Health Literacy Missouri, but also from patient and caregiver point of view.
In fact, one of this year’s themes will focus on Health Literacy and Caregivers.
You’ll hear from people like Randi Redmond Oster, a mom whose son has Crohn’s Disease. And in a follow-up to last year’s article on cost, Casey Quinlan and Jeanne Pinder provide help for consumers as they confront Healthcare Cost Literacy.
Health Literacy Month on Engaging the Patient will kickoff on Tuesday, October 1st. Watch for a new article every weekday.
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A Mom’s Need For More Medical Knowledge is a Prescription for a Better Night's Sleep
Guest Contributor: Randi Redmond Oster
The process for my son’s doctor’s appointment is consistent: Check in, and confirm insurance has not changed. Go with the nurse who weighs and measures his height. Then, wait in the GI exam room where there is a huge color poster of the digestive system. My son, Gary, no longer kills time tracing his finger, as if it’s a piece of food through a maze, reciting each organ, along the way. It’s a game he’s played far too many times. He has Crohn’s and has a new pain. Eventually, the doctor enters the exam room.
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