We make confusing health-related documents simple and easy to understand

 

HOW IT WORKS

 


Plainpages.org is operated by the Center for Health Literacy (CHL) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. We offer plain language services to providers, health systems, the health insurance industry, health agencies, and other health communicators to improve the likelihood that learners can read, understand, and act on it.

How much do PlainPages.org services cost?

Reading Level Assessment Only:
$20 per page

Comprehensive Plain Language Assessment (readability, understandability, actionability)
$53 for the first page, $18 for subsequent pages of the same document

Assessment with Plain Language Edits (English or Spanish):
$120 per page

Assessment with Plain Language Edits and Spanish Translation:
$190 per page

UAMS materials: Most projects are completed at no cost to your operating budget. If you have grant funding for this project, please let us know in the additional information section when you submit your project.

For projects you expect to exceed $4,000, please contact us for a custom quote.

What kind of payment can I use to pay for my quote?

We accept:

Visa, MasterCard or American Express
• Interdepartmental Transfers (IDT, UAMS only)
• Purchase Orders (PO, please contact us for details.)

What do PlainPages.org services include?

Readability assessment includes a full readability report with the current reading level of your document and general recommendations for incorporating plain language best practices into your document.

Comprehensive plain language assessment includes the current reading level of your document and assessment of the plain language qualities.

Assessment with edits includes readability assessment as described above, and plain language editing to improve the reader's ability to understand and act on the information. You will also get a full readability report of your document before and after editing.

Assessment with edits and Spanish translation includes readability assessment and plain language editing of an English language document, followed by Spanish translation. You will also get a full readability report to show results for the English pre- and post-editing versions as well as the Spanish version.

We do NOT do Spanish translation without assessment and plain language editing in English.

Spanish plain language assessment with edits includes plain language editing to improve the reader's ability to understand and act on the information. You will also get the before and after readability of your document.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • DO NOT send any patient protected health information (PHI).
  • We provide plain language services for health information only.
  • If you experience technical difficulties, please contact the Center for Health Literacy at healthliteracy@uams.edu or (501) 686-2595.