Being dumb about health can double your chances of dying. A presentation made at HigherEdCamp on 6 June, 2009. How can HigherEd help educate the population. Educated and informed health consumers lower costs and lower risks.
6. Health Literacy
The ability to read, understand,
and utilize basic health-related
information
... like prescription bottle labels and
appointment slips
7. Learn or Die
Literate 18%
Illiterate
40%
25% of the 3500 people monitored had inadequate health literacy
The Illiterate group had a greater chance of dying over the next 6 years
http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2007/10/18/healthcare_complexity_the_elephant_in_th
10. Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare.
Enabled by information, software, and
community that we collect or create, we the
patients can be effective partners in our own
health care, and we the people can
participate in reshaping the health system
itself.
Dr. Ted Eytan
& the community
11. Health Care is important
to us all
“I Didn’t know I had so much
to say about it ...”
Geoff DiMasi
Principal P’unk Ave,
Health Consumer,
Parent
21. HealthCamp
is not just a conversation
HealthCamp is your call to action
Get involved in managing
your own health
22. healthca.mp
Go to http://healthca.mp
for more information Fri
Upcoming events: 6/1
9
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Mo
10 n
/5
Mark Scrimshire
@ekivemark
#hcmd09 ekive.blogspot.com