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41. Guidelines and Other Resources To Fine-tune Your Writing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/guidelines.html
    September 01, 2019 - Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites. … This guide provides information on creating health Web sites and Web content for users with limited literacy … Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). … The Health Literacy Style Manual. … Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills, Second Edition. Philadelphia; J.B.

42. Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) Community health workers, also known … Health Literacy Measurement Tools (en inglés). … Health Literacy Professional Education and Training (en inglés). … Connect Health Care Providers, Community Organizations, and Public Health Agencies (en inglés). … Health Insurance Terms  - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (en inglés).

43. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Adult Survey: Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
    October 01, 2023 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Adult Survey: Health Literacy Population version: Adult … These supplemental items address various issues related to patients' health literacy in hospital … For more information about these items and the measures they produce, read About the CAHPS Health Literacy … Learn more about the CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets . Related topic: Interpreter Services . … Hospitals interested in items that assess health literacy may also want to review and use supplemental

44. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
    March 01, 2019 - Nationwide, only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy.1 That means almost 9 out of 10 Americans … The health literacy of America’s adults: results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy … Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion. … Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. … https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion

45. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI (July 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-transcript.html
    December 01, 2017 - literacy is the ability to obtain, understand and act on health information.  … And thinking about health literacy is more than just reading comprehension and regular literacy, so in … Is this appropriate for patients with health literacy problems?” … Oh my goodness, Barb, this would definitely flunk a health literacy test.  … CAUTI remains a major serous health care associated infection, so strategies to promote health literacy

46. University of Texas Health at San Antonio, University Health System Used AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - University of Texas Health at San Antonio, University Health System Used AHRQ Tools Search All Impact … Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit , and Patient Educational Materials Assessment Tool Guide , … The team incorporated plain language, teach-back concepts, and criteria in AHRQ’s Health Literacy Universal … Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice Guide, Patient … Literacy, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient Self-Management Geographic

47. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Pharmacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Pharmacy The Pharmacy Health Literacy Center … provides pharmacists with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from the Agency

48. Care Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2024 - Guidelines Practice Facilitation Health IT and Workflow Health Literacy Quality Improvement Patient Experience … Health Literacy The AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit – 3rd edition . … health literacy levels. … Also available is a crosswalk showing how implementing health literacy tools can help meet standards … AHRQ’s Health Literacy Website .

49. Quality and Patient Safety Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Safety Resources Tips for preventing medical errors and promoting patient safety, measuring health … care quality, consumer assessment of health plans, evaluation software, report tools, and case studies … Literacy AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit Pharmacy Health Literacy Center   … Pediatric Quality Measures Program Pharmacy Health Literacy Center This site provides pharmacists … with recently released health literacy tools and other resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research

50. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd edition The  AHRQ Health Literacy Universal … information, and enhance support for patients of all health literacy levels. … literacy, as well as AHRQ tools and training to promote CLAS. … Literacy, Limited English Proficiency and Cultural Differences is a three-part course that can be taken … Related Resources AHRQ Health Literacy Resources National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

51. Implementation Tools and Resources for Shared Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2023 - for Shared Decision Making Clinical Decision Support Clinical decision support (CDS) uses health … Literacy Improvement Tools Addressing health literacy –when organizations ensure that people can … get, understand, and use health information and services–is essential to SDM. … AHRQ has developed health literacy improvement tools to improve provider-patient communication, including … the AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit .

52. Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research Products | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - literacy problems; or other underserved populations who may have limited contact with the health care … system or health information. … Public Health Management Corporation. … Adaptation of Consumer Summaries for Patients with Low Health Literacy | PDF Version [244 KB] Yelin … Adaptation of Consumer Summaries for Patients with Low Health Literacy | PDF Version [244 KB] Yelin

53. Education: Patient and Caregiver | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Tool Helps Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Improve Patient Education Materials Center for Health … Literacy Promotion Uses AHRQ Tool to Assess Patient Education Materials Designing Consumer Reporting … Systems for Patient Safety Events Next Steps After Your Diagnosis Novant Health Uses AHRQ … Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital TalkingQuality University of Texas Health … at San Antonio, University Health System Used AHRQ Tools Your Medicine: Be Smart.

54. Implications for the Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/implications.html
    March 01, 2017 - and health literacy, activation, empowerment, and confidence to speak up. … Implication 5: Health Equity and Literacy Need To Be Addressed Health literacy is a major concern affecting … level or health literacy level that would influence adoption for many of AHRQ's priority populations … Our team of subject matter experts includes expertise in health equity, literacy, and community action … Efforts to develop culturally sensitive and appropriate approaches to reaching patients at all literacy

55. Tool 4 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4ref.html
    March 01, 2025 - America's health literacy: why we need accessible health information. an issue brief from the U.S. … Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees. … Health literacy and the risk of hospital admission. J Gen Intern Med 1998 Dec;13(12):791-8. … : improving health literacy to protect patient safety. … Health literacy, health inequality, and a just health care system. Am J Bioeth 2007 Nov;7(11):5-10.

56. Tool 4 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4ref.html
    March 01, 2025 - America's health literacy: why we need accessible health information. an issue brief from the U.S. … Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees. … Health literacy and the risk of hospital admission. J Gen Intern Med 1998 Dec;13(12):791-8. … : improving health literacy to protect patient safety. … Health literacy, health inequality, and a just health care system. Am J Bioeth 2007 Nov;7(11):5-10.

57. The SHARE Approach: Using the Teach-Back Technique (pdf file)
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    October 09, 2024 - Health literacy: a primer for pharmacists. … Practice improvement, part II: health literacy. … Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. … AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd Edition. … AHRQ Publication No. 23-0075. https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/toolkit.html.

58. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 21, 2025 - literacy C-HL02 Provider used medical words patient did not understand … Adult Clinician & Group Health literacy C-HL01 … Provider asked if patient had health questions Adult Clinician & Group Health … literacy C-HL04 Provider talked with patient about reason for visit … Adult Clinician & Group Health literacy Pagination

59. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 161 - 170 of … Information Technology Health Literacy Hospitals & Health Systems Patient & Family Engagement Prevention … Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty Advancing Pharmacy … Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty is a set of modules … to help pharmacy faculty integrate health literacy and health literacy quality improvement into courses

60. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Survey: Interpreter Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-interpreter-service-items.html
    October 01, 2023 - the CAHPS Hospital Survey: Interpreter Services Population version: Adult Related topic: Health … Literacy . … that assess interpreter services may also want to review and use supplemental items that ask about health … literacy.