5 strategies for improving health literacy with digital signage

Point patients in the right direction.

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Let’s tackle health literacy once and for all and move our health care system forward. Let’s remove complex and hard-to-understand messaging in all forms of communication. Let’s use innovative technology such as digital signage in hospitals to consistently engage patients and employees at the point of care.

Tell people what they need to do and where to get help and watch them take action. When you are clear and direct you help people assimilate, absorb, and retain information. You are empowering them to them to change their thoughts and behaviors, ultimately increasing the trust between patient and provider.

Improve health literacy and optimize digital signage communications with these five strategies:

Use plain language to explain “how” to do things and “why” they should be done.

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