# Patients memory for medical information

**URL:** <https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/patients-memory-for-medical-information/456>\
**Category:** Research\
**Tags:** patient-memory, patient-information\
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/patients-memory-for-medical-information/456 "2019-10-07T18:45:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Max](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/max/32/112_2.png) [@Max](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Max)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/patients-memory-for-medical-information/456/1 "2019-10-07T18:45:43Z")

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An older but good journal article that touches on a patients inability to retain critical health treatment information when distressed or facing aging related challenges. Lots of opportunities to fill gaps with technology. But, big open questions regarding:

- how to provide information to patients in a format they will use
- how to integrate into a patients regular at-home routine

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> **[Patients' memory for medical information](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539473/)**

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**Author:** ![francesca](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/francesca/32/189_2.png) [@francesca](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/francesca)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/patients-memory-for-medical-information/456/2 "2019-11-11T20:54:29Z")

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A friend of mine is an oncologist. A few years ago, doctors found a lump in her breast during a routine exam. Despite spending years studying the very process the doctor was explaining to her, she told me later she could barely register or remember a word of what they said! If experts struggle, its no wonder we do as well!