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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/patient-education/pemat3.html
November 01, 2020 - evident from a statement (written or oral) at the beginning of a material: This material will help you understand
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Tools and Resources
Health literate healthcare organizations make it easier for people to navigate, understand … create a My Medicines List , the Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool & User's Guide , easy-to-understand … The RED Toolkit includes templates for easy-to-understand discharge instructions and post-discharge telephone … AHRQ's Easy-to-Understand Telehealth Consent Form
AHRQ's telehealth consent resources include a … sample telehealth consent form (Word, 27 KB) that is easy to understand and how-to guidance for clinicians
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/informed-consent/obtain.html
September 01, 2020 - forms is to document that a discussion took place and that the patient was informed and was able to understand … Use easy-to-understand language.
Use the teach-back method to confirm patient understanding. … To make sure I’m doing a good job, I ask every patient to tell me what you understand about telehealth … and "Do you understand?"
Offer to read the form aloud to all patients.
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March 19, 2024 - Health literacy
P-HL21
Information from customer service was easy to understand … P-HL18
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL6
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL14
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL15
Personal doctor gave easy to understand
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/good-writing.html
July 01, 2011 - Information is clear if the audience for that information can understand it. … in background knowledge, literacy skills, and other characteristics that affect how easily they can understand … reading skills of consumers suggests that a large number of American adults would struggle to read and understand … audience, you may want to consider recruiting and training people who can help members of your audience understand … Write Text That’s Easy for Your Audience To Understand
Tip 2.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/learn/alt-text.html
April 01, 2013 - Identify Defects Through Sensemaking
Understand the Science of Safety
Step 3. … Identify Defects Through Sensemaking Understand the Science of Safety
The CUSP Toolkit modules … Define the problem’ links to CUSP modules ‘Identify Defects through Sensemaking’ and ‘Understand the … ‘Design an intervention’ links to CUSP modules ‘Identify Defects Through Sensemaking’ and ‘Understand … Understand the Science of Safety
Step 8. Develop a communication plan.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_2_ComTipsBroch_508.pdf
May 24, 2013 - Let doctors and nurses know right away if there
is something you do not understand. … You can
say, “I’m not sure I understand what you just
said. Can you tell me again?” … Keep asking until you understand. … If you got an answer but still do not understand,
please ask again. … what your doctors and nurses tell you
Tip 3: Ask questions until you understand the answers
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Information about how much patient would have to pay for special services or equipment was easy to understand … P-HL34
Information about how much patient would have to pay for medicines was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL21
Information from customer service was easy to understand … H-HL35
Information from hospital staff about taking care of self at home was easy to understand … literacy
P-HL54
Information on the health plan's Website was easy to understand
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Plan
Health literacy
P-HL14
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL15
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … P-HL18
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL21
Information from customer service was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL29
Coverage and benefits information was easy to understand
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/index.html
February 01, 2016 - The job of report sponsors is to present scores in a way that makes them engaging, easy to understand … approaches for developing valid and reliable scores that are fair to providers and easy for people to understand … that translate medical terminology into plain English, and provide other information to help users understand … Understand how to organize measures and scores into digestible quantities and help people quickly get
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/patient-education/pemat4.html
November 01, 2020 - Agree = 1
Explanation
The material should use common, everyday language that would be easy to understand … than a few abbreviations or acronyms, even if they are spelled out, the material will be difficult to understand … The explanation of a medical term should also be easy to understand. … The active voice is preferable to the passive voice because it is easier to understand.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/pharmacy/guide/app-5.html
September 01, 2020 - Feel free to ask me questions if you don't understand something. … Do the signs help you understand what you are supposed to do? … Doctors and pharmacists often use medical words that patients may not understand. … Has a pharmacist ever asked you if you understand what she or he has told you? … How easy or hard are the forms used in the pharmacy to understand and fill out?
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March 19, 2024 - Hospital
Health literacy
H-HL3
Nurses hard to understand … Health literacy
H-HL4
Nurses used medical words patient did not understand … Hospital
Health literacy
H-HL10
Doctors hard to understand … Health literacy
H-HL11
Doctors used medical words patient did not understand … H-HL21
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/workshop/mod3-guide.html
September 01, 2020 - When do patients need to use and understand health numbers?
Slide 44. … Patients need to understand numbers when:
Slide 45. … Patients need to understand numbers when:
Slide 46. … Present numbers in a way your patients can understand—Read aloud
Slide 48. … Make sure you present the information in a way your patients understand.
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P-HL11
Instructions about specific illness or health condition were easy to understand … literacy
P-HL54
Information on the health plan's Website was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL21
Information from customer service was easy to understand … Information about how much patient would have to pay for special services or equipment was easy to understand … P-HL40
Information about how to make a complaint to the health plan was easy to understand
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/questions/resources/diagnosis/step3.html
November 01, 2020 - This person can help ask questions, take notes, and help you remember and understand everything once … Keep asking until you understand the answers. … If you do not, your doctor may think you understand everything that is said. … Ask your doctor to draw pictures if that will help you understand something.
Take notes. … Make sure you understand what will happen if you need surgery.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand-sci-slides.html
July 01, 2023 - Hospital Labor and Delivery Units
Perinatal Safety Toolkit
Toolkit Pillars
Understand … Patient Safety News and Events
Education & Training
Resources
Understand … AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Understand … Slide 16: Understand the Science of Safety: What the Team Must Do
Develop a plan so all staff on … your unit view the Understand the Science of Safety videos
Track staff participation in viewing the
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C-HL2
Provider used medical words patient did not understand … Clinician & Group
Health literacy
C-HL7
Provider gave easy to understand … Clinician & Group
Health literacy
C-HL15
Provider gave easy to understand … C-HL19
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand … literacy
C-HL20
Results of blood test, x-ray, or other test were easy to understand
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Health literacy
P-HL2
Personal doctor used medical words patient did not understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL6
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL14
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL15
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … P-HL18
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand
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P-HL14
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … Plan
Health literacy
P-HL15
Personal doctor gave easy to understand … P-HL18
Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL21
Information from customer service was easy to understand … Health literacy
P-HL29
Coverage and benefits information was easy to understand