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  1. Electronic Records to Improve Care for Children (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015420-shiffman-final-report-2007.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - associated with lower educational attainment, suggesting special needs in addressing asthma care in low literacy … • We serve a large number of patients with low levels of income and healthcare literacy.

  2. THE MEDICAL HOME INDEX: (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/mhi-rsf.docx
    June 02, 2025 - PARTIAL COMPLETE #1.6 3 Cultural Competence The PCP attempts to overcome obstacles of language, literacy … Level 2, materials are available and appropriate for non- English speaking families, those with limited literacy

  3. Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/telehealth-covid-19-disposition-comments.pdf
    January 03, 2023 - Thank you for your comment Public Commenter #1 (AGS) General We also appreciate that health literacy … was factored in, namely that health literacy seems to be associated with one's willingness and ability

  4. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/HIT%20Health%20Info%20rural_0.pdf
    February 01, 2010 - ........................................................................11 Lack of Basic Computer Literacy … Lack of Basic Computer Literacy To maximize health IT and HIE capacity, both physicians and other health … care staff need to have some degree of computer literacy. … projects noted by the grantees was user training and outreach.34,45 However, because of the computer literacy

  5. Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/OY1_FINAL%20TPC%20Patient%20Perspectives%20Generative%20AI.pdf
    May 01, 2024 - need to explore views across different populations based on factors like age, race, level of health literacy … patients, especially for individuals with less experience using technology or limited digital health literacy … Participants highlighted factors such as limited health literacy, access to technology, and overall … And so, one of the things I do think about is…, does AI take into account illiteracy? … discussions may not be representative of certain populations, such as individuals with limited digital literacy

  6. Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/OY1_FINAL%20TPC%20Patient%20Perspectives%20Generative%20AI.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - need to explore views across different populations based on factors like age, race, level of health literacy … patients, especially for individuals with less experience using technology or limited digital health literacy … Participants highlighted factors such as limited health literacy, access to technology, and overall … And so, one of the things I do think about is…, does AI take into account illiteracy? … discussions may not be representative of certain populations, such as individuals with limited digital literacy

  7. Final Progress Report: Minimizing Error, Maximizing Outcome (MEMO): The Physician Worklife Study II (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/linzer-schwartz-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Patient questionnaires queried quality of life, medication use, health literacy, satisfaction, and trust … their physician and clinic; 2) quality of life; 3) disease symptoms and medication use; 4) medical literacy … Three medical literacy questions were included in the sixth section, and the seventh asked about trust … Medical literacy is a significant problem, with almost 37% of the patients reporting difficulty in understanding

  8. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/research-protocol

  9. Using an Electronic Personal Health Record to Empower Patients with Hypertension (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017234-wagner-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Demographic characteristics were collected at the time of study enrollment and, adult literacy was measured … via the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM),33 Diastolic and systolic blood pressure … variables were different at baseline, gender (control 12 group less likely to be female) and literacy … Davis, T., Long, S, Jackson, R, et al., Rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine: a shortened screening … Record Wider adoption of PHRs will require greater computer competency, Internet access, and health literacy

  10. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/public-reporting-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
    August 17, 2011 - For example, patient literacy is assumed to affect the impact of public reports or the importance of … future or for a more immediate need); characteristics of the decisionmakers (e.g., any information on literacy … Characteristics of the specific populations studied (e.g., high education and health literacy, older

  11. Search FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/faq/index.html
    January 01, 2019 - insured, Medicaid, fee-for-service, managed care, lower socioeconomic status (SES), middle SES, low literacy … , higher literacy) and assesses whether key words and concepts are expressed equally well in both English … CAHPS surveys are intended for use across a wide range of literacy levels.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33815/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2016 - vii) increase efforts to lessen social risks by creating more solutions for patients with low health literacy

  13. Measure: PROMIS Pediatric Global Health Measure (PGH-7) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1416-p013-ef.pdf
    February 01, 2016 - ● Cognitive interviews, literacy analyses, and translatability review demonstrated adequate comprehensibility

  14. CHIPRA - Spotlight on New Mexico (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/nm-statesum.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - youth engagement experts, QI coaches, and students to develop the survey, which assessed youth health literacy

  15. Patient Engagement in Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-engagement-safety
    January 01, 2018 - They delineate barriers to health IT–mediated engagement including lack of health literacy, low technology

  16. Curated Article Libraries | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-article-libraries
    March 18, 2025 - Structured Hand-offs (1) Provider-Patient Communication (6) Health Literacy

  17. Diagnostic Safety Research (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/DiagnosticSafety-flier.pdf
    November 01, 2024 - Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy

  18. AHRQ SDOH Database Overview (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdoh/SDOH-overview-presentation.pdf
    July 01, 2022 - Economic Context • Employment • Income • Poverty Education • Attainment • Education funding • Literacy

  19. Confusion With Acetaminophen | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/confusion-acetaminophen
    December 01, 2009 - thus creating potential for confusion ( Figure 1 ), particularly for those parents with low health literacy

  20. Measurement of Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/measurement-patient-safety
    September 15, 2024 - Patient Safety Primers Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy
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