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Credit: Destinys Agent It is important for patients to understand the information they need for making health decisions, yet studies have shown that a large segment of the population lacks the health literacy to do so. Health literacy refers to capacity of people to obtain, process, and understand health information needed for making health decisions. A researcher in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is addressing this topic. "Many people have inadequate health literacy to support them in understanding health information and/or performing basic ...

Organisational, individual capacity to change may reduce burnout of health care workforce ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 22:43 IST Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): New research found that health care professionals with a greater personal ability to respond to change experienced lower rates of burnout when their work environments offered communication">strong communication, teamwork, and leadership support. This is one of the first studies to look at both individual responses to change and organisational capacity for change and how these factors affect bur...

Healthcare workers' capacity for change key in fighting COVID-19 related burnout Work environments and job demands have a significant effect on the health and wellbeing of frontline care workers. , Associate Editor Even prior to the pandemic, burnout among healthcare professionals was a pervasive public health concern, with some studies reporting burnout in more than 50% of clinicians. During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are required to work even longer hours in high-stress situations. Understanding causes of burnout and factors that can protect against it can...

/PRNewswire/ -- A study among Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California shows that allowing patients to self-order a colorectal cancer screening test...

Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.