Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit Review

The Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit Embracing Health Literacy in the New Normal: Digital Communications, Telehealth, Health Insurance, and Health Equity took place on April 4 -6th, 2022. Individuals who work in healthcare, insurance, public health, community-based organizations, research, education, information technology, libraries, literacy and more were able to learn and discuss solutions and strategies to communicate information related to health for improved health outcomes. Trust and meeting patients where they are were concepts that were heard throughout the conference. The commitment and energy of the Milwaukee All of Us plenary presenters was infectious. They spoke about their model for true community engagement to build trust between investigators and the community. This involves finding out what the community wants and needs; building citizen scientists and integrating community members in each step of the process; and most importantly investing in the community so they prosper. The Striving for Digital Health Inclusion plenary presentation provided a framework and ways for all patients to adopt digital health tools such as mobile health applications, patient portals, and telehealth services. The presentation included the idea of partnerships between health systems and community-based organizations to improve access to tools and digital literacy skills. A poster presenter described exactly this type of partnership, where a public library created a telehealth room ...
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