David J Halpern

TL;DR: Low health literacy was consistently associated with more hospitalizations; greater use of emergency care; lower receipt of mammography screening and influenza vaccine; poorer ability to demonstrate taking medications appropriately; poorer able to interpret labels and health messages; and, among elderly persons, poorer overall health status and higher mortality rates.

TL;DR: Differences in health literacy level were consistently associated with increased hospitalizations, greater emergency care use, lower use of mammography, lower receipt of influenza vaccine, poorer ability to demonstrate taking medications appropriately, poorer able to interpret labels and health messages, and, among seniors, poorer overall health status and higher mortality.

TL;DR: Multiple interventions show promise for mitigating the effects of low health literacy and could be considered for use in clinical practice.

TL;DR: A systematic review found few studies with a variety of designs and interventions that used telehealth as a replacement for in-person care and found no significant differences in clinical outcomes.