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AI in Health Care: How Central Florida health care providers are balancing innovation with human oversight and patient safety
“The health care provider is the trained content expert,” said Richard Zraick, a speech language pathologist and founding director of the University of Central Florida’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “They have the...
UCF Professor and Students Break Barriers in Health Literacy
The average English-speaking adult reads at a seventh to eighth grade reading level, Dr. Richard Zraick, UCF communication sciences and disorders professor, said. Zraick said health literacy is the ability...
Students Use AI to Improve Health Literacy
Anyone who has ever walked out of a doctor’s office feeling confused or overwhelmed will appreciate the work Professor Richard Zraick is doing to make patient education more accessible. “Health...
How a Student’s Cancer Diagnosis Spurred Her Work on Cochlear Implant Patient Education
A graduate student at the University of Central Florida, La Scala explains how her personal medical journey inspired her to study health literacy. Her work, and parallel work by University...
ASHA Voices: How a Student’s Cancer Diagnosis Spurred Her Work on Cochlear Implant Patient Education
When Jennifer La Scala was diagnosed with breast cancer, she came face to face with just how overwhelming and inaccessible patient education materials can be, especially during a time that’s...
Ditch the Medical Jargon for This: Health Literacy Insights with Dr. Richard Zraick
“Research shows that one out of two patients forgets half the information given to them within 24 hours, and the other half remembers it incorrectly.” ☝️This is just ONE of...
Collaborative Research on Health Literacy Reveals Impact that “Teach-back” Can Have on Patients
Visiting a healthcare professional can be a nerve-wracking experience for patients. It can be more challenging when the patient may not understand what the healthcare provider is saying to them. Limited health literacy is the number one risk factor...
Why Heath Literacy Matters — Especially During COVID-19
Three UCF faculty and staff experts provide advice on how to read and understand information to make make appropriate health decisions. To effectively battle COVID-19, we all need reliable, accurate...
UCF Study Finds State Disability Forms Not Complying with Federal Plain Language Act
Researchers found that most forms were written at a level that would require a master’s degree or higher to comprehend. With school in full swing, parents are signing the inevitable permission...
Health Literacy: An Epidemic of Misunderstanding
October is Health Literacy Month. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate...
