Promoting patient comprehension of relevant health information

Improving Patient Comprehension of Numeric Health Information

Our goal is to improve understanding and use of numeric information (e.g., clinical test results) provided through portals to Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems by older adults with diverse numeracy and literacy abilities. We help older adults understand this information by emulating in portal environments best practices from face-to-face communication. To do this, we are developing a compu...

analysis of reading comprehension needs of the students of paramedical studies: the case of the students of health information management (him)

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Promoting Comprehension of Health Information among Older Adults

Understanding and acting on online health information is increasingly a pre-requisite for patient self-care. Therefore, inadequate health literacy is a barrier to self-care among older adults with chronic illness. The goal of our study was to improve older adults’ comprehension of online health information. We extracted typical health texts from multiple credible health websites, and systematic...

Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk Management.

The potential for health information technology (IT) to improve health care delivery has been appreciated for decades, but "digitizing" health care can also introduce new risks and even harm. As the use of health IT has grown, these risks have become more apparent. The authors of this report evaluated the efforts of 11 hospitals and ambulatory practices to use an improvement strategy and tools ...

Creating Locally Relevant Health Information