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  1. MedlinePlus: Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    September 29, 2017 - March 29, 2007 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. … November 11, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Patients Health Literacy

  2. Fixing America's hospitals. | PSNet

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    March 06, 2005 - October 13, 2010 The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National … Assessment of Adult Literacy. 

  3. Hospital Reporting Program: Annual Summary. | PSNet

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    August 17, 2022 - January 12, 2022 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  4. Misdiagnosis is dangerous. Help your doctor get it right. | PSNet

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    August 03, 2022 - Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy … September 21, 2016 Health literacy and patient safety events.

  5. Preventing home medication errors. | PSNet

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    September 15, 2021 - April 3, 2024 Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medication errors … December 23, 2020 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient

  6. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions. | PSNet

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    March 27, 2019 - October 5, 2022 View More Related Resources AHRQ Health Literacy … January 31, 2018 Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management

  7. Effect of pharmacist counseling intervention on health care utilization following hospital discharge: a randomized control trial. | PSNet

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    November 26, 2014 - within 30 days of discharge, though there was a small positive effect seen in patients with low health literacy … May 24, 2015 Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults.

  8. The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: How-To Guide. | PSNet

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    January 09, 2025 - January 12, 2022 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  9. Preventing Medication Errors: A $21 Billion Opportunity. | PSNet

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    December 03, 2008 - November 15, 2011 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. … September 20, 2011 National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy.

  10. Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital. | PSNet

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    February 08, 2017 - June 17, 2014 View More Related Resources AHRQ Health Literacy … March 26, 2008 Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the

  11. Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe. | PSNet

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    March 22, 2017 - March 22, 2017 Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review … View More See More About The Topic Patients Medication Safety Health Literacy

  12. Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - December 10, 2024 View More Related Resources AHRQ Health Literacy … More See More About The Topic Patients Family Members and Caregivers Health Literacy

  13. IOM panel reviews lessons for medication safety. | PSNet

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    September 30, 2009 - June 25, 2014 Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults. … More See More About The Topic Physicians Patients Medication Safety Health Literacy

  14. Racial, Ethnic, and Payer Disparities in Adverse Safety Events: Are there Differences across Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades? | PSNet

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    December 01, 2019 - October 12, 2022 The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National … Assessment of Adult Literacy. 

  15. Discharge Instructions in the PACU: Who Remembers? | PSNet

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    August 05, 2009 - One can suspect that health literacy, as well as stress and other distractions, played a role in the … Health literacy and emergency department outcomes: a systematic review. … Interventions to improve care for patients with limited health literacy. … Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. … Health literacy and recall of medical instructions.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2004 - In this journal, Schillinger (3) described the impact of patients' health literacy—a patient's ability … Though patients' health literacy strongly correlates with their reading ability, the "Mr. … Holter" case demonstrates how literate patients can have inadequate health literacy. … The role of health literacy in patient-physician communication. … Health literacy: report of the Council on Scientific Affairs.

  17. Mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers as the new standard of care: a matter of patient safety and nonmaleficent practice. | PSNet

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    September 13, 2023 - December 21, 2014 Patient Safety Primers Digital Health Literacy … Patient Safety Primers Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy

  18. Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes. | PSNet

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    October 10, 2012 - Many factors may play a role in this discrepancy, including low health literacy and suboptimal patient–provider … June 8, 2011 Inadequate health literacy among paid caregivers of seniors.

  19. Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the national poison data system. | PSNet

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    September 08, 2010 - errors will require new approaches to patient education , especially in populations with low health literacy … March 22, 2009 Perspective The Role of Health Literacy

  20. A Guide to Patient Safety in the Medical Practice. | PSNet

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    March 11, 2015 - November 26, 2008 Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand. … November 14, 2011 Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the
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