Purpose Patient empowerment has been variously depicted as a new paradigm inspiring
the patient-provider relationship. To the authors' knowledge, scholars have focused most of …

Background: Health literacy has been usually discussed as an individual trait, concerning
the patient ability to navigate the health care service system. Alternatively, the organizational …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changing patterns of users' behavior in
the health care service system. Although patient engagement and health services' co …

Organizational health literacy is described as an organization-wide effort to transform
organization and delivery of care and services to make it easier for people to navigate …

Parker, Ratzen and Lurie (2003) pointed out that a silent epidemic is affecting the health
status of the American population, namely poor health literacy. Actually, inadequate health …

Health literacy is usually described as a silent epidemic, which is challenging the
sustainability of health care systems all over the world. The scientific literature has discussed …

The concept of health literacy is increasingly being recognised as not just an individual trait,
but also as a characteristic related to families, communities, and organisations providing …

Organizational health literacy involves the health care organizations' ability to establish an
empowering and co-creating relationship with patients, engaging them in the design and …

Health care organizations, well positioned to address health literacy, are beginning to shift
their systems and policies to support health literacy efforts. Organizations can identify …

Background: Organizational health literacy is the degree to which an organization considers
and promotes the health literacy of patients. Addressing health literacy at an organizational …