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  1. Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021. | PSNet

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    October 05, 2016 - October 5, 2016 Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health: Workshop Summary. … December 17, 2014 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary.

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2014 - RW: So speaking of tailoring, you've done a lot of work in health literacy. … If you create materials and interventions that are appropriate for low health literacy patients, are … they inappropriate for people of high health literacy? … Then she asked patients of all literacy levels, "Which advance directive do you prefer?" … The vast majority preferred the limited health literacy version.

  3. Am I (un)safe here? Chemotherapy patients' perspectives towards engaging in their safety. | PSNet

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    February 01, 2011 - December 21, 2014 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … March 22, 2009 Perspective The Role of Health Literacy

  4. Medication reconciliation and hypertension control. | PSNet

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    December 19, 2017 - December 21, 2017 Perspective The Role of Health Literacy … December 14, 2016 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy

  5. Feelings of trust and of safety are related facets of the patient's experience in surgery: a descriptive qualitative study in 80 patients. | PSNet

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    January 26, 2022 - October 26, 2022 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  6. Disparities after discharge: the association of limited English proficiency and postdischarge patient-reported issues. | PSNet

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    October 14, 2020 - October 26, 2022 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  7. Safety events impacting hospitalized patients following motor vehicle crashes: a qualitative study of reports from Pennsylvania hospitals. | PSNet

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    October 07, 2020 - October 21, 2020 Health literacy-related safety events: a qualitative study of health … literacy failures in patient safety events.

  8. FDASIA Health IT Report: Proposed Strategy and Recommendations for a Risk-Based Framework. | PSNet

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    June 29, 2016 - June 18, 2013 The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National … Assessment of Adult Literacy. 

  9. Best Practices in Patient Safety: 2nd Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    June 27, 2018 - Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy … April 12, 2017 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary.

  10. What do family physicians consider an error? A comparison of definitions and physician perception. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2011 - April 11, 2011 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … February 28, 2011 Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels

  11. Patient misidentification in the neonatal intensive care unit: quantification of risk. | PSNet

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    April 11, 2011 - January 21, 2009 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … , 2011 Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy

  12. Analysis of a medication safety intervention in the pediatric emergency department. | PSNet

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    August 02, 2012 - April 3, 2024 Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medication errors … About The Topic Home Care Pediatrics Public Health Administration Errors Health Literacy

  13. Patients' and health care professionals' attitudes towards the PINK patient safety video. | PSNet

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    December 16, 2013 - July 10, 2019 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … March 22, 2009 Perspective The Role of Health Literacy

  14. Ethical considerations on disclosure when medical error is discovered during medicolegal death investigation. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethical-considerations-disclosure-when-medical-error-discovered-during-medicolegal-death
    December 14, 2016 - December 14, 2016 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy … December 19, 2017 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription

  15. Lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications. | PSNet

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    September 20, 2006 - Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) The Health Literacy … of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. 

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50645/psn-pdf
    November 06, 2019 - fda-funding-available-research-aimed-reducing-preventable-harm-medication https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-initiative-and-health-literacy-workshop-summary

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 17, 2011 - The silent epidemic--the health effects of illiteracy. February 17, 2011 Marcus EN. … The silent epidemic--the health effects of illiteracy. N Engl J Med. 2006;355(4):339-41. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/silent-epidemic-health-effects-illiteracy The author illustrates how low … literacy can affect patient care and describes actions physicians can take to address this issue. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/silent-epidemic-health-effects-illiteracy

  18. Medication Administration Errors | PSNet

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    December 15, 2024 - Contributing factors to patient and caregiver error include low health literacy , poor provider–patient … communication, absence of health literacy, and universal precautions in the outpatient clinic. … education to patients, especially when medication regimens are modified. 4 A related primer on health literacy … Adverse Drug Events December 15, 2024 Nursing and Patient Safety April 21, 2021 Personal Health Literacy … 15, 2024 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy

  19. Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - inadvertent medication discrepancies and adverse drug events—particularly for patients with low health literacy … 27, 2024 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy … Patient Safety Primers Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy

  20. What patients think doctors know: beliefs about provider knowledge as barriers to safe medication use. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-patients-think-doctors-know-beliefs-about-provider-knowledge-barriers-safe-medication
    November 26, 2014 - November 26, 2014 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription … December 9, 2009 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy
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