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  1. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardizing-medication-labels-confusing-patients-less-workshop-summary
    August 15, 2012 - Hernandez LM; for Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice … Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine. … Hernandez LM; for Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice … August 15, 2012 Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health: Workshop Summary. … July 5, 2016 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion.
  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40023/psn-pdf
    November 24, 2010 - Health literacy and communication quality in health care organizations. … Health literacy and communication quality in health care organizations. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-communication-quality-health-care-organizations In … this multicenter study, patients with limited health literacy consistently reported dissatisfaction with … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-communication-quality-health-care-organizations https
  3. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/caregiver-and-clinician-perspectives-discharge-medication-counseling-qualitative-study
    January 31, 2024 - Health literacy and speaking languages other than English were also described as challenges. … literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medication errors in hospitalized children: a randomized … March 9, 2022 View More Related Resources Health literacy-informed … February 22, 2023 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of healthliteracy failures in patient safety events.
  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40033/psn-pdf
    September 29, 2017 - Health Literacy Research: Current Status and Future Directions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-research-current-status-and-future-directions This special … issue presents findings from a 2009 conference that explored health literacy research in areas such … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-research-current-status-and-future-directions https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/health-literacy-and-communication-quality-health-care-organizations
  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36963/psn-pdf
    September 12, 2011 - Health literacy and its influence on patient safety. September 12, 2011 Ross J. … Health Literacy and Its Influence on Patient Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-its-influence-patient-safety The author discusses the … importance of health literacy in the success of self care and encourages nurses to assess patients' … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-its-influence-patient-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/
  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 22, 2009 - RW: Can you describe what the health literacy field is about? … health literacy as a systems problem. … RW: What have we come to learn about measuring health literacy? … Health IT can go one of two ways with respect to this health literacy issue. … On the other hand, we could see the health IT revolution as a solution to the health literacy problem
  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39612/psn-pdf
    June 16, 2010 - National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. …   https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-action-plan-improve-health-literacy This report presents … goals for improved health literacy in the United States and recommends practices to help ensure that … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-action-plan-improve-health-literacy https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue … /health-literacy-universal-precautions-toolkit-second-edition https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-comprehension-emergency-department-care-and-instructions-are-patients-aware-when-they
  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41460/psn-pdf
    June 13, 2012 - Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. … Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/help-your-patient-get-what-you-just-said-health-literacy-guide This commentary … health literacy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/help-your-patient-get-what-you-just-said-health-literacy-guide
  9. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-experiences-patients-and-families-limited-english-language-health-literacy
    October 27, 2021 - Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language healthliteracy or disadvantaged socioeconomic position in a cross-sectional US population-based survey. … Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy or … Limited English-language health literacy (LEHL) and disadvantaged socioeconomic position (dSEP) have … Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy or
  10. psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lethal-cap
    December 19, 2018 - literacy.( 4 ) Health literacy has been defined as a patient's ability to read, comprehend, and act … Limited health literacy is likely linked to medication errors. … Inadequate functional health literacy among patients at two public hospitals. … Health literacy: report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. … Functional health literacy and medication use: the pharmacist's role.
  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37332/psn-pdf
    November 14, 2007 - A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/our-pharmacy-meeting-patients-needs-pharmacy-health-literacy-assessment- … tool-users-guide This AHRQ-funded publication provides a tool to help organizations identify health … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/our-pharmacy-meeting-patients-needs-pharmacy-health-literacy-assessment-tool-users-guide … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/our-pharmacy-meeting-patients-needs-pharmacy-health-literacy-assessment-tool-users-guide
  12. psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/abcdef-bundle-data-literacy-training-performance-measurement-tracking-and-performance
    September 23, 2024 - ABCDEF Bundle + Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback … data collected, missing data, lack of clinical decision support, and inability to customize electronic health … Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or of the submitter … Patient Safety Innovations System Approaches to Social Determinants of Health … August 30, 2023 Patient Safety Innovations “Behavioral Health
  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37920/psn-pdf
    May 24, 2015 - Functional health literacy and understanding of medications at discharge. … Functional health literacy and understanding of medications at discharge. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/functional-health-literacy-and-understanding-medications-discharge This … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/functional-health-literacy-and-understanding-medications-discharge https … risk-medication-errors-hospital-discharge-and-barriers-problem-resolution https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-medication-errors-and-health-outcomes-there-relationship
  14. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-more-health-literate-approach-patient-safety
    May 31, 2017 - Advancing a More Health-Literate Approach to Patient Safety. … Health literacy is the capacity of patients and their families to process and understand health information … This editorial discusses the importance of heath literacy in promoting patient safety, particularly around … literacy and English proficiency. … Literacy Improvement
  15. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-cindy-brach
    December 27, 2019 - CB : I’m the Co-Chair of the HHS Health Literacy Workgroup. … , you’re not promoting health literacy. … Poor health literacy can have a big impact on patient safety. … CB : I think that has to do with health literacy more generally. … https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/systems/hospital/lepguide/index.html .
  16. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/please-write-me-writing-outpatient-clinic-letters-patients-guidance
    March 04, 2020 - Miscommunication due to clinician use of medical jargon and limited patient health literacy is a persistent … June 12, 2024 Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health: Consensus Bundle on Sepsis … Literacy August 30, 2023 Patient Safety Primers … Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy. … Literacy Improvement Policies and Operations
  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46438/psn-pdf
    September 20, 2017 - literacy is a known challenge in health care safety. … This publication reports on results of a multidisciplinary workshop that explored health literacy improvement … liquid-medication-errors-and-dosing-tools-randomized-controlled-experiment https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-literacy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-tools-providers-medication-therapy-management https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/parents-medication-administration-errors-role-dosing-instruments-and-health-literacy https://psnet.ahrq.gov
  18. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-unintentional-overdose-non-prescription-acetaminophen-products
    January 22, 2014 - Prior studies have shown that patients with limited health literacy frequently misunderstand dosing … December 9, 2009 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of healthliteracy and English proficiency. … December 14, 2016 Health literacy and patient safety events. … November 13, 2009 Perspective The Role of Health Literacy
  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49439/psn-pdf
    March 01, 2004 - literacy.(4) Health literacy has been defined as a patient's ability to read, comprehend, and act on … Limited health literacy is likely linked to medication errors. … Inadequate functional health literacy among patients at two public hospitals. … Health literacy: report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. … Functional health literacy and medication use: the pharmacist's role.
  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39164/psn-pdf
    December 09, 2009 - Prior research in this field has demonstrated that low health literacy is an important predictor of … Concerningly, in this study nearly 1 in 5 patients who had adequate health literacy could not correctly … interpret the instructions, and patients with marginal or low health literacy were at even greater … A previous WebM&M commentary discusses safety problems caused by low health literacy.  … issue/predictors-misunderstanding-pediatric-liquid-medication-instructions https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

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