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Health Literacy: Better or Worse Since COVID

What is health literacy? The skill that enables nonhealthcare professionals to interpret medical information and translate it. The pandemic exposed a dangerous lack of basic health literacy. Dr. Eugene Vortsman is the Clinical Director of Addiction Medicine and Disease Management at Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in Queens, New York. What are his thoughts on health literacy in this time of COVID?

Patrick Kelly

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