BOISE, ID--(Marketwired - Aug 1, 2013) - The movement to create information that is easy for people to understand and use received a boost recently when Healthwise Senior Vice President Karen Baker joined the Center for Plain Language's board of directors.
"At Healthwise, we're all about putting patients at the center of care, and to do that information needs to be written and designed so people can understand and use it," said Baker, who leads the content and user experience teams at Healthwise. "The Center for Plain Language is helping to bring this about, across all industries. I'm excited to join the board of directors and lend our leadership and experience in plain language and learn from other leaders in this field."
There is a natural fit between the Center for Plain Language, a Washington, D.C., area nonprofit that advocates for clear communication in government and business documents, and Healthwise, a content, technology and services nonprofit whose mission is to help people make better health decisions.
"We're delighted to have Karen join our executive board," said Board Chair Dr. Annetta Cheek. "The experience and strategic view she brings are a great asset and I know she will be a valuable board member. I look forward to working with her."
Healthwise has won ClearMark awards for four straight years from the Center for Plain Language for excellence in plain language. Most recently, Healthwise won in 2013 with the video "Diabetes: Stay in Your Target Range." In 2012 the Healthwise® Learn To Earn course on Coronary Artery Disease won the Category Award for Website, Dynamic Media: Non-Profit. In 2011 the Healthwise® Workbook on Arthritis received an Award of Distinction for Original Document: Non-Profit. And in 2010, the Healthwise® Ix® Conversation on Low Back Pain received the first Grand Prize ClearMark Award.
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. People have turned to Healthwise information more than a billion times to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the care they need, and say "no" to the care they don't need. Healthwise partners with hospitals, electronic medical record (EMR) providers, health plans, disease management companies, and health websites to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to the people they serve. www.healthwise.org, 1.800.706.9646.
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