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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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. 

  2. The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2011 - The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - 2011 Project … Name The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR Principal … Participants included people aged 40-to-85 years with a range of health literacy and numeracy abilities … Participants were also given the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) and subjective … Target Population: Adults, Elderly*, Low Literacy Strategic Goal:  Develop and disseminate health

  3. Language Barriers in Health Care. | PSNet

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    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

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  5. Charting a Path for Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Key Themes from the 2024 Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative Annual Meeting | CDSiC

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    September 18, 2024 - health literacy as a “super determinant” of health that impacts all other social determinants, making … a clear case for the relevance of digital health literacy to PC CDS. [5] As such, digital health literacy … Health literacy encompasses both personal health literacy, or individuals’ ability to understand and … Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts. … What is health literacy? July 11, 2024.

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  9. Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer Care - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer … Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer … PDF Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered … Department of Health and Human Services. … Principal Investigator Hahn, Elizabeth Project Name Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  12. Improving Electronic Health Records Patient Education Materials - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2010 - $524,945 Summary Status as of December 2010 Target Population: Low Literacy … Summary: Health literacy refers to an individual’s ability to read, understand, and use health care … An estimated 90 million people in the United States have limited health literacy. … in health care, a low level of patient health literacy can negatively impact the communication between … Therefore, to successfully empower patients to actively participate in their care, health literacy must

  13. 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

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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. 

  15. 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 .

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  17. 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. | PSNet

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    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

  18. Caregiver and clinician perspectives on discharge medication counseling: a qualitative study. | PSNet

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    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 health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  19. ABCDEF Bundle Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback | PSNet

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    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

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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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