Emmi Blog The Tech Rx: Technology Know-How On the Road to Health Literacy

Is technology a democratizing force for health education? Theoretically, yes. Access to information is no longer limited to health care professionals and the highly educated; anyone with a smart phone or a laptop and an internet connection can quickly find reputable educational content. And technology can also help overcome low health literacy, since people can access information at all levels of complexity in text or audio or video or visual form, finding the perfect explanation to meet them where they are and bring them to the next level of understanding.