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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45282/psn-pdf
July 13, 2016 - Health literacy and patient safety events.
July 13, 2016
Gardner LA. … Health literacy and patient safety events. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2016;13(2):58-65. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-patient-safety-events
Insufficient health literacy … A past PSNet perspective discussed the role of
health literacy in patient safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-patient-safety-events
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-past-present-and-future-workshop-summary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39283/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing
instruments and health literacy. … Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments
and health literacy. … -
literacy
Efforts to develop health literacy interventions are one strategy to improve medication … Limited health literacy was
also associated with parents' dosing errors. … A previous WebM&M commentary discusses safety problems
caused by low health literacy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/language-barriers-health-care
December 16, 2015 - December 16, 2015
Health Literacy. … October 2, 2019
Health Literacy Research: Current Status and Future Directions. … Literacy. … Literacy. … Care Providers
Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems
Informed Consent
Health Literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37295/psn-pdf
February 24, 2011 - Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication
reconciliation in ambulatory care. … Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in
ambulatory care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/limited-health-literacy-barrier-medication-reconciliation-ambulatory-care … This study discovered that limited health literacy was associated with greater difficulty in reconciling … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/limited-health-literacy-barrier-medication-reconciliation-ambulatory-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37089/psn-pdf
July 31, 2008 - Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. … Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. Arch Intern
Med. 2007;167(14):1503-9. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-mortality-among-elderly-persons
This prospective cohort … study found increased mortality among elderly persons with poor health literacy,
even after adjusting … Poor health literacy has previously been linked to inability to
understand prescription drug labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36286/psn-pdf
September 20, 2006 - The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the
2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-americas-adults-results-2003-national-assessment-adult-literacy … This report provides an assessment of health literacy data analyzed for different demographic
characteristics … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-americas-adults-results-2003-national-assessment-adult-literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41377/psn-pdf
May 16, 2012 - Health literacy and recall of
medical instructions. … Health literacy and recall of medical
instructions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-did-doctor-say-health-literacy-and-recall-medical-instructions
Limited … health literacy has been linked to poor comprehension of written instructions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-did-doctor-say-health-literacy-and-recall-medical-instructions
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43579/psn-pdf
October 08, 2014 - Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health:
Workshop Summary. … October 8, 2014
Hewitt M, Hernandez LM; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implications-health-literacy-public-health-workshop-summary
Health literacy … Framing health literacy as a public health challenge, this report describes efforts to address it in … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implications-health-literacy-public-health-workshop-summary
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74831/psn-pdf
January 01, 2023 - Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with
limited English-language health literacy … Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-
language health literacy … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-experiences-patients-and-families-limited-english-language-
health-literacy … Limited English-language health literacy (LEHL) and disadvantaged socioeconomic position (dSEP) have … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-experiences-patients-and-families-limited-english-language-health-literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36496/psn-pdf
February 28, 2011 - Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels
Poor health literacy … in three urban
primary care clinics serving predominantly indigent populations, and found that low health … errors, the study adds to a growing body of
research documenting that patients with low and marginal health … literacy have difficulty comprehending
prescribing information.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37280/psn-pdf
December 23, 2011 - Special Issue on Health Literacy.
December 23, 2011
Am J Health Behav. 2007;31 Suppl 1:1-133. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/special-issue-health-literacy
This issue supplement includes articles and … commentaries that explore avenues for improvement in health
literacy research. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/special-issue-health-literacy
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-techniques-patients-low-health-literacy-survey-physicians-nurses-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-techniques-patients-low-health-literacy-survey-physicians-nurses-and
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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 health … literacy 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
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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
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Health literacy-informed … February 22, 2023
Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.
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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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/861767/psn-pdf
January 31, 2024 - Health literacy-informed communication to reduce
discharge medication errors in hospitalized children … Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge
medication errors in hospitalized children … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-informed-communication-reduce-discharge-medication-errors … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-informed-communication-reduce-discharge-medication-errors-hospitalized … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-informed-communication-reduce-discharge-medication-errors-hospitalized
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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 .
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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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40279/psn-pdf
May 25, 2011 - Inadequate health literacy among paid caregivers of
seniors. … Inadequate health literacy among paid caregivers of seniors. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inadequate-health-literacy-among-paid-caregivers-seniors
Elderly patients … This study found
that more than one third of paid caregivers had inadequate health literacy, and a similar … As low health literacy has
been linked to misunderstanding medication instructions, these findings imply
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41016/psn-pdf
December 21, 2011 - Health literacy and medication understanding among
hospitalized adults. … Health literacy and medication understanding among
hospitalized adults. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-medication-understanding-among-hospitalized-adults … Lower health literacy, cognitive impairment, and polypharmacy were all associated with lower
understanding … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-medication-understanding-among-hospitalized-adults
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37154/psn-pdf
September 02, 2015 - Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients
Understand. Manual for Clinicians. 2nd ed. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-patient-safety-help-patients-understand-manual-clinicians … -
2nd-ed
This book provides information about the safety issues of health literacy and offers methods … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-patient-safety-help-patients-understand-manual-clinicians … -2nd-ed
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-literacy
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