Implementing Health Literacy Initiatives (Plenary D)
Michael Paasche-Orlow MD, MA, MPH is Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Paasche-Orlow is a general internist and an internationally recognized expert in the field of health literacy. Dr. Paasche-Orlow’s work has brought attention to the role health literacy plays in racial and ethnic disparities, self-care for patients with chronic diseases, care transitions, end-of life decision making, and the ethics of research with human subjects. Dr. Paasche-Orlow is the Director of the Boston University School of Medicine General Internal Medicine Academic Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program and the Associate Section Chief for Research for the Section of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Paasche-Orlow is the director of HARC, the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference and is the founding editor of the journal Health Literacy Research and Practice.
