First, thanks to all of the contributors for a truly amazing month of thoughts and insights. From Gary Schwitzer’s excellent piece on the challenges of reporting on and reading about medical information in the news, to Helen Osborne and Diana Dilger’s view of challenges from the patient side, to Cynthia Baur and Cindy Brach’s information [...]
Archive for the ‘Patient Communication’ Category
Thought Health Literacy Month Was Great? There’s More…
Posted in HCAHPS, Health Literacy, Incentives, Internet Use, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, patient experience, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, tagged Chronic Condition Management, Cleveland Clinic, Communication, Health literacy, informed patient, Medication Adherance, patient engagement, Patient Experience on October 31, 2011 |
CDC Planning for Change: The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
Posted in Health Literacy, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, tagged Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Communication, Cynthia Baur, Health literacy, National Action Plan, Patient Education, patient engagement, Patient Experience, United States Department of Health and Human Services on October 25, 2011 |
Cynthia Baur, PhD- In 2006, when the Health Literacy Working Group at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decided to sponsor the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, we knew we were charting new territory. To our knowledge, no one else had tried to write a plan for health literacy improvement [...]
Health Literacy By Design: The “User-Interface” of Healthcare
Posted in Health Literacy, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, patient experience, Patient-Centered Care, tagged Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Communication, Health care, Health literacy, Literacy, Michael Wolf, patient engagement, Patient Experience, Rima Rudd on October 24, 2011 |
Michael Wolf, PhD, MPH- The role of a patient requires more than the ability to read and manipulate numbers to manage health and move through the healthcare system. Instead, a global set of skills are necessary to access health services, comprehend text and numbers, speak up and engage with healthcare professionals, understand and recall spoken [...]
Instant Access & Old Faulty Assumptions
Posted in Health Literacy, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement on October 19, 2011 |
Dr. Rima Rudd- The development and diffusion of communication technologies has increased expectations in all sectors of our lives, including the health sector. The web is ever-present; smart phones and computers are ubiquitous. We are urged to go to a particular site, to tweet, to post, to instant message, and to engage [see you online]. [...]
Finding Simpler Ways to Say, “Quit Smoking”
Posted in Health Literacy, Internet, Patient Communication, patient engagement, patient experience, tagged Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Communication, health, Health literacy, Lung, patient engagement, Patient Experience, Smoking cessation, Support group, Tobacco smoking on October 18, 2011 |
Stacy Ignoffo- In our work over the years to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease, Respiratory Health Association has been challenged to help a diverse set of populations and communities quit smoking and prevent tobacco use. Many of the communities and populations that continue to smoke at higher than average rates are those that [...]
How the News Media May Hurt – Not Help – Health Literacy Efforts
Posted in Health Literacy, Internet, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, tagged Communication, Gary Schwitzer, health, Health literacy on October 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Gary Schwitzer of Health News Review- Any possible contribution I might make to any discussion of health literacy comes from my daily analysis of health news stories and the possible impact they may have on the American public. With that said, I have noticed that there are three recurring problems in many news stories. Absolute versus [...]
Check For Understanding, With Everyone
Posted in Clinical Outcomes, Health Literacy, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, patient experience, teach back, tagged American Medical Association, Communication, health, Health literacy, Matthew K. Wynia, Patient Education, patient engagement, Patient Experience, teach back on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Andrew Jager, MA with Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH- Last year I became a father. Shortly after my son’s birth he was diagnosed with a rare visual impairment and, in the year that followed, I spoke with a multitude of practitioners, including a wide variety of specialists and sub-specialists. To say the seemingly countless consultations [...]
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