Empowering Patients: Bridging the Health Literacy Divide for Informed Decision-Making
Health literacy, as broadly defined by the World Health Organization, involves the capacity of individuals to “gain access to, understand, and use information in ways which promote and maintain good […]
A Stanford Medicine X e-Patient scholar, Marie Ennis O’Connor is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, writer, and consultant on global trends in patient engagement, digital health and participatory medicine. Marie’s work is informed by her passion for embedding the patient voice at the heart of healthcare values. She writes about the experience of transitioning from breast cancer patient to advocate on her award-winning blog Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer.