According to the Institute of Medicine, which population is most at risk for low health literacy?

According to the Institute of Medicine, the elderly population is most at risk for low health literacy.

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions.

When individuals have limited personal health literacy, they are at higher risk of misunderstanding information that is important to achieving and maintaining health.

Choice A is not the answer because young adults are not the population most at risk for low health literacy.

Choice B is not the answer because children are not the population most at risk for low health literacy.

Choice C is not the answer because adolescents are not the population most at risk for low health literacy.

Telemedicine or telehealth can improve the quality of present care by enabling providers to treat more patients across a wider geographic area, communicate and work together more easily with other providers, receive patient data more quickly and efficiently from other providers, deliver better coordinated and more effective care, and help patients avoid unnecessary emergency room or office visits.

Telemedicine can also reduce the expense of healthcare costs by providing cost savings and convenience.

Choice A is not a projected benefit of telemedicine.

Choice B is a projected benefit of telemedicine but it is not the only one. Choice C is a projected benefit of telemedicine but it is not the only one.