Health Literacy In Real Life
Claim This Podcastby Megan N. Freeland
Podcast Overview
<p><strong>Health Literacy IRL (“in real life”) is a podcast where healthcare leaders share stories about how their organizations are advancing health literacy at the institutional level — what wins they’ve secured, what sticky points they’ve encountered, and what possibilities are on the horizon.</strong></p><p><strong>While personal health literacy gets a lot of attention (and rightfully so), organizational health literacy often stays under the radar. This show shines a light on how hospitals/health systems, biopharma, and innovative care models are assuming responsibility for the advancement of health literacy.</strong></p>
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10/13/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 4, 2026
Why Diversity in Clinical Trials is Bigger Than Recruitment | Acclinate
<p>What if clinical trial participation is less about recruitment and more about trust, access, and what has to happen before someone is ever ready to say yes?</p><p>In this episode of Health Literacy IRL, host Megan Freeland, PharmD talks with <strong>Tiffany Whitlow</strong>, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at <strong>Acclinate</strong>, about the real-world barriers that shape who gets to participate in clinical research. Together, they explore why participation starts long before a consent form — and why community engagement, trusted relationships, and better system design matter so much.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Why recruitment is an incomplete frame for inclusive research</li><li>What real-life barriers affect participation long before consent</li><li>How Acclinate approaches trust-building through community engagement</li><li>What Tiffany sees ahead for the future of clinical research</li></ul><p>Connect with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-whitlow-50380219/">Tiffany</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-n-freeland/">Megan</a> on LinkedIn, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/tiffanywhitlow_/">Tiffany on Instagram</a>.</p>
April 10, 2026
What Organizational Health Literacy Looks Like at Scale | UAMS Center for Health Literacy
<p>What does it look like to operationalize health literacy inside a large academic medical center?</p><p>In this episode of Health Literacy IRL, host <strong>Megan Freeland, PharmD</strong> talks with <strong>Katie Leath, MPH, MA</strong>, Director of the <strong>Center for Health Literacy at UAMS</strong>, about how health literacy can move from a side project to an embedded organizational priority. Katie shares how her team supports patient education, plain language, translation, training, and research communication across UAMS and beyond.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Why health literacy is often misunderstood</li><li>What organizational health literacy looks like in practice</li><li>How UAMS’s center supports internal and external partners</li><li>What institutions need to make health literacy part of how they operate</li></ul><p>Connect with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-leath-50562389/">Katie</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-n-freeland/">Megan</a> on LinkedIn.</p>
March 12, 2026
Why More Information Isn't Always the Answer: Aligning Health Literacy to the Patient Journey
<p>What if the greatest problem isn't that patients don't understand health information — but that we're handing them too much information under too much pressure, with no tools to process it.</p><p>In this solo episode of Health Literacy IRL, host Megan Freeland, PharmD explores why healthcare marketing, health communications, health literacy, and patient experience teams need to stop operating in silos — and start building cohesively around the patient journey.</p><p>She also elaborates on an uncomfortable and inconvenient truth: that providing more information isn't always the solution. And the system — not the patient — is largely to blame.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Why siloed teams fall short of patients' needs</li><li>A mouth-watering analogy that reframes information overload</li><li>What patients face during high-stakes medical decision-making</li><li>The largely untapped opportunity for organizations to map health information to the patient journey</li></ul><p>Connect with Megan on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-n-freeland/">LinkedIn.</a></p>
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- What is Health Literacy In Real Life?
<p><strong>Health Literacy IRL (“in real life”) is a podcast where healthcare leaders share stories about how their organizations are advancing health literacy at the institutional level — what wins they’ve secured, what sticky points they’ve encountered, and what possibilities are on the horizon.</strong></p><p><strong>While personal health literacy gets a lot of attention (and rightfully so), organizational health literacy often stays under the radar. This show shines a light on how hospitals/health systems, biopharma, and innovative care models are assuming responsibility for the advancement of health literacy.</strong></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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