# Dr. Google Will See You Now: Health Literacy in the Digital Age Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age.md Podcast: [Living Healthy Together](https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477) Published: 2026-04-24T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://living-healthy-together.cohostpodcasting.com/episodes/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age Audio file: https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/1f4445cf-1cff-4f1c-a03b-9d39bd643f6f/episodes/033a335d-7012-4b90-aac1-e499b0942059/episode.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-healthy-together-7510477/episodes/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age Duration seconds: 3046 ## Resource Health information is everywhere: online resources, third-party apps on your smartphone, artificial intelligence-driven chatbots; even the patient portal to your electronic health record.  So why does understanding and using health information remain a challenge for millions of Americans? And how does communication, trust and misinformation shape health care experiences for patients and providers alike?   Join  Chrissy Keating , health literacy specialist at UVM Medical Center, as we explore why nearly nine in 10 adults struggle with health information; hear volunteer patient and family advisor  Susanna Stinnett  and patient engagement partner  Vicki Mascareno-Nelson  discuss how lived experiences   improve patient-provider communication systems; explore the impact of misinformation and a crowded digital landscape with infections disease specialist and medical ethicist  Tim Lahey, MD ; and learn how preparing for your care can transform your health care appointments, with tips from professional health care risk manager G eri Amori  and community outreach manager  Maria Avery.   Get a hopeful, practical look at how better communication, shared decision-making and curiosity on both sides of the exam room can lead to better health outcomes.   Resources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health  (searchable health condition information) Mayo Clinic  (patient-facing medical information) Harvard Medical School  (health education and condition overviews) American Academy of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society of America American Heart Assoc… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-healthy-together-7510477/episodes/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-healthy-together-7510477/dr-google-will-see-you-now-health-literacy-in-the-digital-age.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.