Showing posts with label Health Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Literacy. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Faced with a New Diagnosis? 10 tips to be your own best advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, @Med_writer #nurseup

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Faced with a New Diagnosis? 10 tips to be your own best advocate, +Martine Ehrenclou , @Med_writer:"You’re sitting in your physician’s ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Side Effects? These #Drugs Have a Few - NYTimes.com

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Dr. Jon Duke of Indiana University was trying to figure out why his patient’s blood platelets were abnormal. Could it be a side effect of o...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Many paid caregivers lack health literacy skills :: May 4, 2011 ... American Medical News

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More than a third of the people paid to care for seniors are not health literate, and 60% wrongly interpret the instructions on prescriptio...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

How podcasts can help patients with health literacy, KevinMD.com

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by Robert Rodvien, MD When a person is told that they have a serious illness , they are similar to Alice falling down the rabbit hole. They...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Presentation Cites Ways to Counteract Low Health Literacy | National Nursing News

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Although low health literacy is a significant barrier to quality care, especially among elderly patients, a recent presentation noted how i...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

American Association for Health Education

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The mission of the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) is to advance the profession by serving health educators and others who...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

HHS Releases National Plan to Improve Health Literacy | HHS.gov

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Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services released The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy aimed at mak...

Helping Patients Understand Their Medical Treatment - Kaiser Health News

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An elderly woman sent home from the hospital develops a life-threatening infection because she doesn't understand the warning signs lis...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nearly 60% of paid home caregivers make medication errors, study finds - McKnight's Long Term Care News

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One-third of paid caregivers who work for clients who live in their own homes had difficulty reading and understanding health-related infor...