It can be common to feel disconnected from others within your organization who are also working on health literacy. This lack of awareness or connection can feel like difficult challenges to overcome, but it's worth it to take what time you can to identify where others are advancing health literacy initiatives — even by another name! — throughout your organization.

Oftentimes, organizational health literacy initiatives are hiding in plain sight, and in this episode, we'll discuss common departments and verticals where they're often found. With greater awareness, we can more effectively coordinate efforts, avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts, and ultimately, make more substantial headway with health literacy programs and initiatives.

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Health literacy is a systemic problem, not an individual one. And all health institutions play a role in improving health literacy.

In this episode, I expand on the difference between personal health literacy and organizational health literacy. Then we explore examples of organizational health literacy for:

• hospitals/health systems
• biopharma
• payors
• direct patient care

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The estimated cost of low health literacy in the US ranges from $106 to $238 Billion-with-a-B annually. Even though low health literacy is often framed as an individual problem, it's really a systemic one.

Welcome to the Health Literacy IRL podcast, where we'll explore how health institutions are assuming responsibility for the advancement of health literacy.