Episode 8: With Al Lewis on Health Literacy with Quizzify

In this episode, we talk with Al Lewis about all things health literacy. Can improving health literacy improve engagement and health behaviors? Al Lewis is the founder of Quizzify, whose mission is to help companies teach their employees to utilize healthcare services appropriately, using a format best described by Al Lewis as Jeopardy®-meets-health benefit education-meets-Comedy Central. According to Al, Quizzify is the only vendor authorized to display the Harvard Medical School “Veritas” shield.United States is going to spend over 6.8 Trillion dollars a year on healthcare by 2030. Almost 90% of employers think the cost of providing health benefits would be unsustainable in the next five to 10 years. Meanwhile, Americans have the highest maternal and infant mortality, the lowest life expectancy at birth, and the highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions among high-income countries. At Pequot Health Care, we work with innovative brokers, consultants, and employers who have had enough. Our mission at Pequot Health Care is to help people get Better Value Health. Through our independent Third Party Administration service along with our independent and truly transparent clinical pharmacy service, we help you bring down the giant costs- of diseases and of drugs. Visit us at pequothealthcare.com and let us talk about your wishes and ideas for Better Value Health.