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Happy holidays!
It's that time of year again – where we drink hot chocolate, build snowmen, and watch our annual holiday video. So, another year over,...
Dec 15, 2021


Tips for health care providers: How to talk to parents about the COVID-19 vaccine for younger kids
If you’re a health care provider in 2021, you’re probably having countless conversations with patients about the COVID-19 vaccine. With...
Nov 11, 2021


How we're protecting our team from COVID-19 back in the office
Here are some of the ways we're protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19 as we return to the office!
Nov 10, 2021


HLM's approach to health literacy
Health literacy is more than replacing jargon with words everyone understands or teaching patients to ask questions of health care...
Oct 21, 2021


Defining health literacy
Definitions of health literacy have dramatically evolved since the World Health Organization proposed what many consider the first...
Oct 14, 2021
Happy Health Literacy Month
It's our favorite time of the year: Health Literacy Month! We've been creating quality and engaging #healthliteracy content and we'll be...
Oct 1, 2021


Teach, don’t preach: instilling health literacy principles from a patient’s perspective
Guest post from Carly Flumer, MS, Scientific Data Analyst at National Cancer Institute My doctor flipped his piece of paper over and...
Oct 30, 2020


HLM Healthy Steps is back!
We’re bringing HLM Healthy Steps back, and making it even better than before! Join us!
Sep 29, 2020


Racial justice and health literacy: our commitment
At Health Literacy Media, we join the chorus of voices speaking out against racism. We recognize that people of color are systematically...
Jun 8, 2020


Steve Pu, D.O., founding visionary of Health Literacy Media and board president, dies at 67
By HLM Staff | June 27, 2019 Steve Pu, D.O., a general surgeon and wound care specialist who helped create the organization that would...
Jun 28, 2019


The stars of theory
When an innovative new health literacy initiative needed a strong theoretical foundation, Will Ross was there for it. 10 years later, he...
Jun 12, 2019


QIP Changes Are Coming in 2020—Is Your Dialysis Center Ready? The Kidney Transplant Toolkit Can Help
For professionals in nephrology, dialysis, and transplant: A discussion of CMS ESRD QIP changes that could impact your funding and the...
May 22, 2019
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