Health Literacy Innovations Announces New Licensing Agreements
?Bethesda, Maryland, September 8, 2010 — Health Literacy Innovations, creators of the Health Literacy Advisor, the nation’s first interactive health literacy software tool, today announced the following organizations have signed new agreements to license the Health Literacy Advisor:
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
- CalOptima
- The Missouri Area Health Centers
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Prime Therapeutics
- Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department
- Low Country Health Care System
- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
“We applaud these organizations that recognize the importance of simplifying information to consumers, and welcome them to the Health Literacy Innovations’ family,” said Aracely Rosales, Chief Content Provider and Director, Multi-Cultural, Health Literacy Innovations. “By streamlining the health literacy review process and using technology as one part of the health literacy review process, we are confident the nation’s consumers will have an even better chance to understand, read, and act on their health care information.”
Knowing that “literacy” is the single most important indicator of health outcomes, Health Literacy Innovations, (HLI) was founded to create tools to help eliminate medical mistakes and confusion due to low health literacy. In 2007, HLI launched the Health Literacy Advisor (HLA), the nation’s first interactive health literacy software tool, which is revolutionizing the health literacy review process. By replacing inefficiency with technology and knowledge, the HLA gives writers of all skill sets a simple tool to produce health information for consumers. An add-in to Microsoft Word, the HLA applies nine well-known readability indices and an interactive search-and-replace function to replace hard-to-read terms and phrases and medical jargon with plain language alternatives. The combination of these two functions, the ability to “stamp” a document with a readability score/grade level, and the ReadsEasy stamp (which rewards users for good work) sets the HLA software apart from programs or readability indices alone. For more information, visit www.HealthLiteracyInnovations.com or call 301-230-4966.