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  1. Final Progress Report: Cardiovascular Care Disparities: Safety-Net HIT Strategy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ferguson-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Committee on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Washington DC. National Academies Press; 2004.

  2. Methods (continued, 3) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamily3b.html
    July 01, 2018 - clinicians with information about the effects of poor patient-provider communication and low health literacy … the need to improve communication as a way to correct inherent "deficiencies" in patients (e.g., low literacy … , low health literacy) rather than as a way to encourage patients as partners.

  3. Research Protocol: Improving Cultural Competence To Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cultural-competence_research-protocol.pdf
    July 09, 2014 - improving care for all patients (such as patient-centered care, patient-centered medical home, health literacy … services research concepts that overlap with cultural competence Pa5ent  Centered Care / Health Literacy … access problems due to finance/insurance coverage issue (such as Medicare/Medicaid), and general health literacy

  4. C:\Users\yemsrach dessalegn\Desktop\delete\transcript4.html (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HOW%20HEALTH%20IT%20CAN%20REDUCE%20UNNECESSARY%20REHOSPITALIZATION.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - Discharge using this thing that we call the after-hospital care plan, which pays attention to health literacy … We had graphic designers look at it and health literacy experts and lots of people in focus groups and … noncompliant when the problems range from complete failure to explain things given to them to help illiteracy … does not say about each medicine, what do people really need to know, and then frame it with health literacy

  5. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/2014-women-chartbook.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - barriers to good communication: more than one-third of adults in the United States have low health literacy … Low health literacy is associated with higher mortality, higher rates of hospitalization, and poor … Strategies for improving low health literacy. Postgrad Med 2009 Sep;121(5):171-7. … Health literacy and 30-day postdischarge hospital utilization. … Health literacy: January 1990 through October 1999 [bibliography]. February 2000; p. vi.

  6. Shared Decisionmaking To Improve Patient Safety, Education, and Empowerment (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/shareddec-1.pdf
    September 08, 2016 - Teach-back is an evidence- based health literacy tool that promotes patient engagement, patient safety

  7. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/methods.html
    March 01, 2017 - areas pertinent to the project, such as patient engagement, patient activation, patient safety, health literacy

  8. Exploring How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Enhance Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support | CDSiC

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/cdsic/AI-viewpoint
    February 25, 2025 - Additionally, further usability testing with patients with limited digital and/or health literacy is

  9. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-slide-set.pptx
    May 01, 2017 - Engagement | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery 11 Fear and uncertainty Comprehension and literacy

  10. Improving the Safety and Quality of Health Care: The Impact of the National Academy of Medicine on Research and Collaboration (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/dzau-summit2016.pdf
    September 28, 2016 - a virtual nurse discharge advocate and a version of the tool adapted for patients with low health literacy

  11. A National Conference on the Role of Health IT to Improve Medication Management - Slides (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/improve-medication-management-slides-091318.pdf
    September 27, 2018 - Income¹ Up to $50,000 4.3% 4.2% $50,001 - $100,000 56.5% 45.8% > $100,000 34.8% 45.8% Health Literacy

  12. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Telehealth (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ehc-research-gaps-telehealth.pdf
    April 01, 2023 - of patients’ antenatal care and psychosocial needs; no or limited information technology; patient literacy

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33771/psn-pdf
    August 22, 2014 - including the patient in patient safety, such as assessing and mitigating the effects of poor health literacy

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837791/psn-pdf
    August 05, 2022 - challenges encountered include unstable Wi- Fi connections, lack of broadband access, limited digital literacy

  15. Nursing and Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/nursing-and-patient-safety
    September 15, 2024 - 30, 2020 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy

  16. Improving Sickle Cell Transitions, Focus Group Moderator Guide: IT Developers (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/improving-sickle-cell-transitions-focus-group-moderator-guide-%20it-developers.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - not necessarily specific to children  Application of HIT to vulnerable populations, including low literacy

  17. Patient Access to Medical Notes in Primary Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/opennotes-1.pdf
    May 01, 2016 - notes be shared in the absence of an electronic patient portal or for patients with low computer literacy

  18. D. Subcommittee Member and Staff Biographies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataapd.html
    May 01, 2018 - improvement, health care accreditation, patient safety, the role of language, cultural competence, and health literacy

  19. Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-ambulatory-care-setting
    April 27, 2022 - challenges encountered include unstable Wi-Fi connections, lack of broadband access, limited digital literacy

  20. Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inpatient-stroke-management-adolescent-type-1-diabetes-and-home-insulin-pump
    February 01, 2023 - Due to greater diabetes literacy, the diabetes specialist can often help the patient/family establish
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