Patient Academy

Patient Academy

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
The Patient Academy launched on 7th September 2022 with the vision of creating communities of empowered patients that take ownership in the management of their medical condition through customized health information.

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The Patient Academy aims to empower patients on relevant medical conditions or issues through health literacy.

Health literacy allows people the ability to access health information that can help to prevent, protect, and manage their medical conditions.4,1 WHO attributes that heath literacy can play an important part in patients actively taking control of their own health.2  It is one of the cost-effective approaches that can be used to overcome challenges associated especially with noncommunicable diseases and as an instrument to reach several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.5

WHO has recognized health literacy as a key component in promoting a patient centric approach. 3 A patient-centric approach involves and enables participation of the patient in their own health care.3

 Patient Academy Joint Statement Release Video
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About the site

The site currently features different modules based on specific medical conditions. Here you will have access to disease awareness videos, posters, patient stories, frequently asked questions, additional resources and contact details for support centers. Some of the topics are: 

References:

  1. Understanding health literacy. CDC [available from: https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/Understanding.html( Accessed July 2022)]
  2. Improving Health Literacy: WHO. [Available from: https://www.who.int/activities/improving-health-literacy (Assessed July 2020)]
  3. World Health Organization. People-centered health care: a policy framework. Page 9 [Available from: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789290613176  (Accessed July 2022)].
  4. Improving Health Literacy Could Prevent Nearly 1 Million Hospital Visits and Save $25Billion a Year. United health group.2020. https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/content/dam/UHG/PDF/About/Health-Literacy-Brief.pdf
  5. Chenxi Liu, Dan Wang, Chaojie Liu ‍‍ et al, What is the meaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Fam Med Com Health 2020.1-7.