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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-decision-support-tools_disposition-comments.pdf
    December 23, 2014 - Comments It would be helpful to provide an explicit rationale for examining cancer risk group and literacy … It would be helpful to provide an explicit rationale in the introduction for why cancer risk and literacy … Likewise for low literacy subgroups - is the assumption that they would be less likely to understand … tailoring was accounted for in your analysis and of interpretation of the findings regarding risk and literacy … or conjunction with a provider did not have a positive mediating effect on patients with low health literacy

  4. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
    January 01, 2017 - Low literacy has been repeatedly associated with reduced health knowledge and poor outcomes. 56 , 57 … Adult Literacy in America: A First Look at the Findings of the National Adult Literacy Survey 93 . … Relationship of functional health literacy to patients' knowledge of their chronic disease. … Teaching Patients with Low Literacy , 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co.; 1996. … Illiteracy: the silent barrier to health care.  Ann Intern Med  1999;130:333-6. Coulter A.

  5. Supporting Informed Decision Making When Clinical Evidence and Conventional Wisdom Collide | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/eccs-2012/series-overview

  6. Differing Levels of Clinical Evidence: Exploring Communication Challenges in Shared Decisionmaking | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/eccs-2011/series-overview

  7. Translating Information Into Action: Improving Quality of Care Through Interactive Media | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/eccs-2009/series-overview

  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. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 11, 2011 - reports on factors contributing to the increasing number of consumer medication errors, including low literacy

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41830/psn-pdf
    November 07, 2012 - provides articles that cover a variety of safety issues in health care, including risk management, health literacy

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 06, 2008 - /issue/hospitals-look-improve-informed-consent-process This article discusses the impact of 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. 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. 

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Findings and Lessons From the Enabling Patient-Centered Care Through Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-enabling-patient-centered-care-through-health-it.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Diabetes Obesity Asthma Cancer Treatment Frailty Associated with Old Age Self- Management or Health Literacy … The goal was to improve medication management for elderly patients with low health literacy. … Elizabeth Hahn, M.A., (R18 HS 017300) developed a multimedia talking touchscreen for low-literacy patients … Patients self-administer the health literacy test and outcomes questionnaire using a kiosk in the clinic … Schillinger worked with low-literacy populations. • Dr. Samore studied rural populations.

  19. Be Prepared to Be Engaged | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/prepared-slides.html
    May 01, 2017 - Strategy categories such as Etool, shared decision making, health literacy, patient activation, medication

  20. Creating and Using User Personas (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20110511/jeff-rabkin.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - MOTIVATION Mod erate NUMERACY Mod erate LITERACY Mod erate LEARNING STYLE Visu al PERSONALITY
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