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ACS: Doctors Overestimate Patients’ Level of Literacy

“Doctors overestimate the literacy and numeracy of their patients when giving them written screening tools, according to two papers presented at the 2008 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, held from Oct. 12 to 16 in San Francisco.”
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Modern Medicine, 14 October 2008

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Empowering Health IT for the Medical Home

“The basic premise of the medical home concept is continuous, uninterrupted care that is managed and coordinated by a personal provider with the right tools that will lead to better health outcomes.”
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David C. Kibbe, e-Care Management, 12 October 2008

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Reaching and Teaching Teens: Adolescent Health Literacy and the Internet

“Virtually 100% of American teens have access to the Internet either at home, school, libraries, or elsewhere, and the majority are using it daily. The Internet has become one of the most important vehicles to educate and inform young people about health and medical issues. However, many teens have limited searching skills or problems with literacy and other issues that may make it difficult for them to locate and understand authoritative information. Parents, teachers, school nurses, health professionals, librarians, and Web designers who impact teenagers’ health knowledge and skill development in information seeking, health decision making, and health literacy should be aware of the issues in dealing with this unique group and should also be familiar with quality health resources on the Web.”
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Elaine N. Skopelja, Elizabeth C. Whipple, Peggy Richwine, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, 105 - 118, DOI: 10.1080/15398280802121406

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PCHIT Initiative Implications for Health Literacy

“I had the opportunity yesterday to present findings from the PCHIT Initiative to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy (slides will be available to the public there soon). Yesterday’s forum was titled a “Workshop on Health Literacy, eHealth & Communication: Putting the Patient First.” Although I have been reflecting quite a bit on PCHIT findings over the last month, this was an opportunity to focus in more specifically on health literacy issues.”
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Josh Seidman, PCHIT, 18 March 2008

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Alarm raised on health literacy

“More than half of Canadian adults do not have the skills necessary to properly make daily decisions about their health, according to a report released yesterday by the Canadian Public Health Association.”
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Megan Ogilvie, The Star, 4 March 2008

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eMedTV Offers Nearly 3,000 Embeddable Health Education Videos for Free

“eMedTV (www.emedtv.com), a health information Web site that strives to empower its users with reliable and easy-to-understand medical information, today announced that nearly 3,000 of its health education videos can now be embedded on anyone’s Web site — free of charge.”
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Marketwire, 13 February 2008

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Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the Field

“Low health literacy is widespread among U.S. patients, yet limited research has been done to assess the effects of health literacy practices designed to combat the problem, particularly among safety-net providers in primary care settings. This report presents findings from a 2005 study in which the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved first did an online survey of health care facilities across the country and then followed it up with visits to five selected sites for staff and patient interviews. The study identified five health literacy practices that staff considered especially valuable for their group’s patients and potentially applicable to other clinics: a team effort, beginning at the front desk; use of standardized communication tools; use of plain language, face-to-face communication, pictorials, and educational materials; clinicians partner with patients to achieve goals; and organizational commitment to create an environment where health literacy is not assumed.”
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Sharon E. Barrett, Jennifer Sheen Puryear, and Kathie Westpheling, The Commonwealth Fund, January 2008

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Readability and cultural sensitivity of web-based patient decision aids for cancer screening and treatment: A systematic review

“Abstract Decision aids (DA) can inform cancer screening. We conducted a systematic review of web-based, cancer DA to evaluate their appropriateness for use with low literacy and diverse culture groups. Eighty-one Internet DA were found searching five databases (Pubmed-Medline; Web of Science/SSCI; Cancerlit; CINAHL; and Google) and the Cochrane decision aid inventory. Twenty-three met key inclusion criteria of (1) informing cancer screening or treatment decisions, (2) being patient or consumer oriented, and (3) conforming to the Cochrane definition of DA. DA were evaluated using the International Patient Decision Aid Standards checklist, the Cultural Sensitivity Assessment Tool (CSAT), the Cultural Sensitivity Assessment Checklist (CSAC), and the SMOG readability formula. DA had a high readability with 74% (n = 17) written at the grade 10 - 13, 22% (n = 5) at the grade 9, and 4% (n = 1) at the grade 8 level. Visual aids were used in 35% (n = 8 ) to present probability information. Written information was complemented with video or audio components in 35% (n = 8 ). Most (91%, n = 21) were developed for generic audiences, while 9% (n = 2) specified a cultural group. Although DA enabled a step-by-step movement through the website, none allowed key word searches and only 65% permitted document printing. Most DA included difficult texts and were not focused for specific cultural groups.”
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M. D. Thomson; L. Hoffman-Goetz, Informatics for Health and Social Care, Volume 32, Issue 4 December 2007, pages 263 - 286, DOI: 10.1080/14639230701780408

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Health illiteracy costs the nation billions, says study

“Americans who cannot understand doctors’ orders, instructions on prescriptions, and other essential health knowledge, cost the U.S. up to $238 billion every year, according to a University of Connecticut study of “health illiteracy.”"
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Abram Katz, New Haven Register, 11 October 2007

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