Project Overview

Imagine a world where patients and caregivers alike can adapt digital health information with the click of a button to their desired reading level. Our Language Customization Tool to Simplify Health Information aims to do that, and with this help the 88% of Canadian seniors who are considered low-literate and who struggle to understand and trust health information they find online. It is especially necessary given shifts to self-managed care that require patients to read more complex health information than ever before, without burdening their healthcare providers with requests to translate online information for them. This project has the potential to impact millions of Canadians; transform knowledge mobilization practices with increased information personalization; make critical online information truly accessible to everyone but particularly to seniors; revolutionize how people interact with information online; and improve decision-making shared between patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers.