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  1. Publications About Priority Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/priority-populations/publications/index.html
    February 01, 2025 - Health Literacy and SharedDecision-making: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers and Communicating … Accessible Health Information Technology (IT) for Populations With Limited Literacy: A Guide for Developers

  2. Evaluation of the design and structure of electronic medication labels to improve patient health knowledge and safety: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-design-and-structure-electronic-medication-labels-improve-patient-health-knowledge
    October 16, 2024 - June 5, 2024 Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medication errors … March 10, 2021 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription medications … See More About The Topic Home Care Pharmacy Administration Errors Health Literacy

  3. Effect of a pharmacist intervention on clinically important medication errors after hospital discharge: a randomized trial. | PSNet

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    May 08, 2017 - intervention included pharmacist-assisted medication reconciliation, inpatient pharmacist counseling, low-literacy … November 26, 2014 Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults … December 21, 2011 Health literacy and the quality of physician–patient communication

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866908/psn-pdf
    October 09, 2024 - Risk factors for consent and schedule errors included low health literacy and nonstandardized forms … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-informed-consent-patients-limited-health-literacy

  5. Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    June 06, 2012 - provides articles that cover a variety of safety issues in health care, including risk management, health literacy … November 23, 2014 Health literacy, medication errors, and health outcomes: is there a

  6. Final Progress Report: Medication Reconciliation: A Team Approach (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Patient education, literacy, and empowerment and its impact on medication reconciliation; ii. … Addressing patient-centeredness and literacy. 4.1 2. … Improving the recognition, understanding of, and approaches to patients with language, literacy, or … sensitive and apply universal precautions (i.e., assuming that all patients have literacy issues … Language barriers, low literacy, legal concerns, patient’s ownership of care, perception of time

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40903/psn-pdf
    March 08, 2015 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-your-patient-really-understand This article discusses health literacy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-your-patient-really-understand https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-literacy

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41955/psn-pdf
    January 09, 2013 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-medical-devices-safer-home https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-did-doctor-say-health-literacy-and-recall-medical-instructions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-did-doctor-say-health-literacy-and-recall-medical-instructions

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 05, 2023 - Clinicians described the importance of knowing patients' level of health literacy and ensuring they … /psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/remote-patient-monitoring https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/personal-health-literacy

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 25, 2022 - Root cause analysis indicated that at least one social determinant of health (e.g., health literacy) … designing-and-delivering-whole-person-transitional-care-hospital-guide-reducing-medicaid https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-literacy

  11. Engaging Diverse Patients in Using an Online Patient Portal - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r00hs022408-lyles-final-report-2019.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - care clinics in SFHN to participate in the pilot RCT. 60% were non-white, 51% had limited health literacy … Most importantly, we found significant barriers by the self- reported health literacy of participants18 … Variable Adequate Health Literacy Limited Health Literacy Very Limited Health Literacy Portal … Our iterations simplified the content to better match the digital and health literacy levels of the … Overall, among the 93 participants, 60% were non-white, 51% had limited health literacy, and 76% used

  12. Alicia Fernandez, M.D. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/alicia-fernandez-md
    January 01, 2025 - Fernandez’s research interests are in patient-doctor communication, with a focus on the role of language, literacy … to her particular expertise in clinical prevention and primary care, especially around language and literacy

  13. My-Medicine-List (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/my-medicine-list.docx
    June 02, 2025 - My Medicines List My Name: My Allergies: My Emergency Contact Information: Date: My medicines, vitamins, herbals, and supplements, as of Include all prescription and non-prescription medicines. Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough medicines, aspiri…

  14. My Medicines List (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/my-medicines-list.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - My Medicines List Page 1 of 3 My Medicines List My Name: My Allergies: My Emergency Contact Information: My medicines, vitamins, herbals, and supplements, as of Include all prescription and non-prescription medicines. Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or co…

  15. Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots in search engines: a cross-sectional study on the quality and risks of drug information for patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-powered-chatbots-search-engines-cross-sectional-study-quality-and
    April 21, 2021 - June 14, 2023 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription medications … April 29, 2018 Health Literacy Research: Current Status and Future Directions. … More About The Topic Pharmacy Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events Health Literacy

  16. Accuracy in patient understanding of common medical phrases. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-patient-understanding-common-medical-phrases
    November 30, 2022 - November 20, 2024 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy … Patient Safety Primers Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy … May 31, 2023 Understanding and responding to health literacy as a social determinant

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40288/psn-pdf
    December 21, 2014 - helping-patients-simplify-and-safely-use-complex-prescription-regimens This study found that patients, particularly those with limited health literacy … helping-patients-simplify-and-safely-use-complex-prescription-regimens https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

  18. Person-Centered Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/person-centered.html
    August 01, 2025 - particularly geared towards older adults, who face unique barriers to patient portals including low health literacy … topics important to school readiness (e.g., nutrition and physical activity) to introduce language and literacy … Initiatives and Resources In 2023 and 2024, AHRQ released the updated Health Literacy Universal Precautions … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit AHRQ’s  Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

  19. Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/lara.pdf
    December 19, 2014 - This project developed educational materials for low-literacy Spanish-speaking women at risk for breast … Aims The 2 main aims of this study are to: 1) Conduct formative research to develop new language-, literacy

  20. Do you know what your doctor is talking about? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-you-know-what-your-doctor-talking-about
    May 01, 2013 - This newspaper article discusses the impact of limited health literacy on personal health and offers … View More See More About The Topic Patients Patient Self-Management Health Literacy
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