Welcome
Health Information in Images to Improve Patients' Understanding.
Resources for Diabetes Educators and other healthcare professionals for teaching patients.
About Health In Images
Our Mission
- A note regarding this image: I know how to spell "Reflections" properly - it was considered "trendy" to spell it with an x during this time in my youth in Alaska. I created this drawing in 1984, and made a similar image ten years later, during my graduate school years.
- At Health In Images, we are dedicated to providing high-quality patient education materials that are useful for any patient population. Screen reader access for those with visual impairment is pending. Image-based educational materials for diabetes care are launching first, followed by image-based anticoagulation care, asthma, Congestive Heart Failure, and seizure care, and other conditions will be available within the next six months.
Our Focus: Improving access to health management information for all patients and caregivers.
Most patient education material available needs to meet the needs of people facing literacy challenges, specific learning styles, or materials for nonverbal or visual learners and those with language barriers. Though print materials may be available in multiple languages, many people are not fluent readers in their primary language. The health literacy rate in the United States is only 12% (Health Literacy Reports And Publications | HHS.gov), and the rate has not changed since the extensive research study by the National Education Association decades before the workshop mentioned in the Health and Human Services Conference agenda on health literacy. Health In Images aims to change the approach to patient education.
Images with visual messages:
Providing visual information with plain language descriptions helps you reach the patient on several levels of communication. This image is from the 2010 Anticoagulation Care Images.
Why images?
How often do you see patients struggle to implement the care information they obtain from the clinic, hospital, or pharmacy? The images in this book can be useful for diabetes education for anyone, and are very effective for education of patients with literacy issues, language barriers, or learning style challenges.
Transforming Lives Through Health
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
"That's amazing! Not many people would think about literacy challenges when providing information like that. I know friends with dyslexia that avoid reading anything too complicated or too long. Your book is going to be great!" - Cedar Becker
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
I love the artwork, 10 out of 10. You also didn't over-explain the concepts and content. - Sam Lawrence
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
READER TESTIMONIAL
I think they look great. Can't wait to see the finished product. - Debbie Lawrence, RN, CDCES
Why use images? The health literacy rate in the U.S.A, is on
Pairing the images with plain language descriptions helps convey the proper information to patients. The image to the left is from a series on anticoagulation care that I developed in 2011.