AI for Healthcare: Patient Education Materials That Actually Get Read

By Jordan Taylor

---

You just spent 20 minutes explaining heart failure management. The patient nodded along, seemed to understand, and left with your photocopied handout written at a 12th-grade reading level. Two weeks later, they're back in the ER—they didn't realize the warning signs you carefully described.

Here's the uncomfortable truth: 36% of US adults have limited health literacy. That standard handout you've been giving everyone? Most patients can't effectively use it. They leave your office thinking they understood when they didn't.