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  1. Comprehensive Long COVID Care for Underserved Communities: Innovative Delivery and Dissemination Models (COMUNIDAD) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/coronavirus/long-covid-care-network/comunidad-grantee-profile.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - create a community-focused intervention aimed at improving Long COVID recognition, increasing health literacy … UTHSCSA is collaborating with Health Confianza, a community-wide health literacy nonprofit, to leverage … its established health literacy curricula and Long COVID resources to develop new programming tailored … be utilized throughout the project to engage with community partners regarding the Long COVID health literacy … dissemination effort and assess the impact of its initiatives on health literacy related to Long COVID

  2. Medication Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage-slides.html
    May 01, 2017 - Strategy categories such as Etool, shared decision making, health literacy, patient activation, medication … Brown Bag Medication Review: Tool #8 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Health Literacy … When to Take Their Medicine: Tool #16 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Health Literacy … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2 nd Edition, Conduct Brown Bag Medication Reviews: Tool … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2 nd Edition, Help Patients Remember How and When to

  3. University of Texas Health at San Antonio, University Health System Used AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201905.html
    September 01, 2019 - decision aid, which incorporates AHRQ’s Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice guide, Health Literacy … The team incorporated plain language, teach-back concepts, and criteria in AHRQ’s Health Literacy Universal … Studies Impact Case Study Identifier: 2019-05 AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy … Assessment Tool (PEMAT) Topic(s): Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Literacy

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 16, 2009 - Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy. … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-informed-consent-patients-limited-health- literacy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-informed-consent-patients-limited-health-literacy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-informed-consent-patients-limited-health-literacy

  5. Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method to Protect Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2015 - the Agency’s TeamSTEPPs program, its Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture , and its Health Literacy … "We included elements from the AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit," said Ms. … 2015-24 AHRQ Product(s): Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), Health Literacy … Patient Safety, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Quality of Care, Health Literacy

  6. Development of Dashboards To Provide Feedback To Home Care Nurses - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023855-dowding-final-report-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - literacy (n=25; 13%) and iv) high numeracy and high graph literacy (n=122; 63%). … 81% compared to 78% for low numeracy and high graph literacy, 74% for high numeracy and low graph literacy … and 54% for low numeracy and low graph literacy. … Figure 2: Interaction of graph literacy/numeracy and display type 4.4.3. … Graph literacy: a cross-cultural comparison.

  7. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2004 - , while 23 (13 percent) had marginal health literacy, and 69 (39 percent) had adequate health literacy … The test of functional health literacy in adults: a new instrument for measuring patients’ literacy … Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy. … Literacy and performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination. … Health literacy and performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination.

  8. Parental misinterpretations of over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medication labels. | PSNet

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    May 04, 2012 - Prior research has identified low health literacy as a prominent risk factor for misinterpreting prescription … August 4, 2021 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … 2016 Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy … July 26, 2011 The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary.

  9. Pictograms, units and dosing tools, and parent medication errors: a randomized study. | PSNet

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    December 14, 2016 - This study adds to prior research demonstrating the need for literacy-friendly medication instructions … Bailey, described the implications of limited health literacy on patient safety in a past PSNet perspective … December 14, 2016 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy … 2018 Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy

  10. Language Barriers in Health Care. | PSNet

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    December 16, 2015 - December 16, 2015 Health Literacy. … October 2, 2019 Health Literacy Research: Current Status and Future Directions. … Poorly Advanced Directives February 1, 2012 Special Issue on Health Literacy … Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy … Health Care Providers Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems Informed Consent Health Literacy

  11. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/start.html
    July 01, 2018 - http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html CG-CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets. … ’ health literacy. … Health literacy is commonly defined as patients’ ability to obtain, process, and understand the basic … While health literacy depends in part on individuals’ skills, it also depends on the complexity of health … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/index.html Patient measures of patient

  12. A silent epidemic. | PSNet

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    December 14, 2016 - This article discusses problems associated with low  health literacy  and several efforts to address … October 4, 2023 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy … August 30, 2023 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription

  13. May I Have Another?—Medication Error | PSNet

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    March 01, 2009 - Committee on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Institute of Medicine. … Roundtable on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine. … Low health literacy and health outcomes: an updated systematic review. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851353/psn-pdf
    July 12, 2023 - Health literacy and speaking languages other than English were also described as challenges. … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parents-medication-administration-errors-role-dosing-instruments-and-health-literacy … lethal-cap https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/liquid-medication-dosing-errors-hispanic-parents-role-health-literacy-and-english-proficiency

  15. Tip 6. Use Caution With Readability Formulas for Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip6.html
    May 01, 2015 - National Adult Literacy Survey. … The National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) shows literacy levels for people of different ages, races/ethnicities … [3] National Adult Literacy Survey: Key Findings of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy.

  16. Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2024 - Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools Health Literacy AHRQ Health Literacy Resources … and Tools AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit AHRQ PSNet Primer: Health Literacy Patient

  17. Resources for Advanced Practices (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/advancedpractice-guide_final508.pdf
    March 26, 2018 - Resources .................................................................................. 6 Health Literacy … ......................................................................................... 6 Health Literacy … /quality- patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy- toolkit/index.html AHRQ Health Literacy Resources … https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/health-literacy.html Health Literacy Understanding is a prerequisite to … Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand

  18. Maximizing the Impact of ePHIM in Low-Income, Multiethnic Populations | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/maximizing-impact-ephim-low-income-multiethnic-populations
    January 01, 2023 - Type of Care Self-Management Health Care Theme Chronic Disease Management Health Literacy … It is essential that older adults have the eHealth literacy to understand and determine the veracity … Determining personal characteristics that are associated with limited internet use and eHealth literacy … Older adult internet use and eHealth literacy. … Older adult internet use and eHealth literacy.

  19. The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r36hs018239-taha-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - Final Report Grant Final … Report Grant ID: R36HS018239 The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient … Health Literacy and Numeracy Measures. … This result points to the need for more sensitive measures of health literacy. … The test of functional health literacy in adults: A new instrument for measuring patients’ literacy

  20. Implementing strategies to prevent home medication administration errors in children with medical complexity. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-strategies-prevent-home-medication-administration-errors-children-medical
    March 14, 2022 - Of particular importance is the use of health literacy-informed, culturally sensitive resources. … March 14, 2022 Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy … March 20, 2024 Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medication
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