Health Literacy and the Consumerization of Healthcare

September 11, 2023

 

In a recent episode of the Highway to Health podcast discussing health literacy and the consumerization of healthcare, Dr. Chase Feiger, M.D., and CEO at Ostro emphasized the need for simplifying healthcare. Healthcare should be as user-friendly as platforms like Netflix or Amazon. The underlying message: without good health, everything else is inconsequential.

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