Merck is committed to making sure the information it shares with the world is very clear. We have a responsibility to enable individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.
As part of our efforts, we created a plain language glossary and established company-wide standards focused on improving the health literacy of the information in our resources and materials. We listen to the people who use or may use our products to help guide our efforts. It starts in product development and continues through the life cycle of the product, including clinical trials, labeling, post-approval, marketing, and promotional materials.
- Creating easy-to-read patient labels
- Improving packaging and instructions for use
- Developing easy-to-understand disease educational materials
- Improving health literacy within clinical trials
- Expanding our plain language glossary of medical/scientific terms
- Supporting research on health literacy
- Utilizing plain language and graphics in digital and online resources
- Sharing best practices externally.
For more information, please visit the Merck website.
Merck is a proud Partner in Health of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP).
The OAFP’s Partners in Health Program is an online resource that contains links to organizations that provide patient education and high-value tools designed to support family physicians and their care teams in delivering optimal frontline care.