RosettaMD Launches Free AI Tool to Tackle U.S. Health Literacy Crisis With Plain-English Reports

HILTON HEAD, S.C. - June 19, 2025 - PRLog -- Hilton Head, SC — According to the U.S. Department of Education, only 12% of American adults are considered health-literate. That means nearly 9 in 10 people struggle to understand their medical reports — a crisis that contributes to over $100 billion in avoidable healthcare costs annually, per CDC estimates.

RosettaMD is a new, free AI-powered tool designed to help patients bridge that gap. It translates real clinical documents — including CT scans, lab results, imaging notes, and discharge summaries — into plain, compassionate English. The platform was built by Hilton Head vascular surgeon Dr. Chris Wixon after seeing firsthand how medical language confusion can lead to fear and misinformed decisions.

"My own brother misread a CT scan and thought he had cancer — but it was a normal finding," said Dr. Wixon. "That moment drove me to create RosettaMD. No one should feel panic just because they can't understand their records."

Unlike symptom-checkers or chatbot-style AI, RosettaMD is deterministic — it returns the same result every time, without hallucinations or guesswork. The tool is trained on over 550,000 real medical concepts and 264,000 plain-language definitions, curated with physician oversight.

Since launch, RosettaMD has translated more than 15,000 medical documents for patients, caregivers, and clinicians. It is fully browser-based, requires no login, and does not store or track personal data.

Key Features:

• Translates real medical documents — not just symptoms or summaries
• Deterministic NLP engine trained on clinical data
• No logins, no ads, no data collection
• Free, instant access for anyone — patients, parents, caregivers, clinicians

"This isn't a consumer health app," added Wixon. "It's a comprehension tool. We built RosettaMD to restore clarity and control to patients who are navigating complicated, often frightening medical information."

RosettaMD is now available at www.RosettaMD.com. No registration is required.

About RosettaMD
RosettaMD is a physician-founded AI platform that translates real medical documents into plain-English explanations. Built to eliminate confusion and fear caused by medical jargon, the tool is free, private, and designed for anyone navigating their health journey.

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