Lisa Bernstein- The What To Expect Foundation’s Baby Basics Prenatal Health Literacy Program has a group (and other components) that are all created to work with and for everyone that cares about healthy pregnancies. Here are the components: The Baby Basics book and planner Each expecting mom receives a copy of Baby Basics or Hola [...]
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Baby Basics and the What to Expect Foundation
Posted in Patient Communication, patient engagement, patient experience, Patient-Centered Care, Shared Decision-Making, tagged Communication, patient engagement, Patient Experience on November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 |
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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