New Articles Echo Previous Posts
Two articles have appeared in the lay press in the past 24 hours that focus on topics recently addressed in this blog.
Health Literacy
In today’s Chicago Tribune, Literacy can be a matter of life and death By Leslie Goldman examines the crisis caused by the inability of large numbers of patients to understand basic medical instructions, resonating with several AlignMap entries, including Health Literacy , Medication Leaflets, and The Gap Betwixt, Health Literacy: A Clear Problem Without A Clear Solution, and Healthcare Illiteracy Linked To Higher Mortality Among Elderly .
This short piece features intimidating statistics from pertinent studies, such as the following:
Compensatory measures healthcare professionals can make are also discussed.
This article can be found at Literacy can be a matter of life and death
Incentives For Results Rather Than Enrollment
An article By Elizabeth Dunbar in the 24 Sept 2007 Washington Post, Study: Money Can Prod One To Lose Weight adds to themes raised in Monetary Incentives To Decrease Obesity and Another Case Of Cash For Compliance, reporting that
The article focuses on the economic benefits such an incentive plan, which provides no help to participants on how lose weight, would hold for employers:
Details of the study itself and further consideration of its implications can be found at Money Can Prod One to Lose Weight