Health literacy includes the degree to which individuals can find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions. Individuals with below basic/basic health literacy utilize the healthcare system more often and spend more on prescriptions compared to those with above basic literacy. [2] These patients have greater transitional care needs when being discharged to home and are placed at a higher risk of adverse outcomes such as hospital readmission. [3] The Health Literacy Project aims to assess health literacy of patients at John Dempsey Hospital. Volunteers utilize a validated screening tool on iPads to assess if the patient can 1.) Read the words aloud correctly, and 2.) Define the words correctly. The data collected has been utilized to evaluate differences in reading and comprehension scores, along with differences in scores among various demographics (age, race, gender, ethnicity). This information provides insights important to creating tailored methods of communication for patients of all levels of reading and comprehension.