Articles Tagged With: Literacy
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Better Patient Education Can Lead to Lower Medical Costs
Investigators studied five years of clinical and economic outcomes data for 1,800 patients insured through their employers. They found that when the employees participated in a web-based health literacy program, hospitalizations dropped by 32%, emergency department visits were down 14%, and overall costs declined 11%.
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Case Managers Can Help Patients Improve Digital Health Literacy
Digital solutions make it easier for patients to access health information and improve their self-care, but some barriers and disparities remain. These challenges are particularly acute for older patients, some ethnic and racial minority groups, and others.
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Case Managers Help Patients Bridge the Digital Divide Before Discharge
Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person social life across the world, digital solutions in healthcare exploded in use. Healthcare providers found that some patients struggled with digital health literacy.
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Enhance Health Literacy Among Study Participants
IRBs can help improve health literacy among potential research participants using several tactics, including asking studies to use plain language in informed consent forms. IRBs can review informed consent and subject recruitment materials to ensure the study information is clear and adheres to regulatory requirements.
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Complex consent process is “mired in ethical problems”
Is a prospective research participant struggling to comprehend a lengthy form on the risks and benefits of the study? “A complex consent process is mired in ethical problems,” says Linda Aldoory, PhD, an associate professor of communication at the University of Maryland in College Park.
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Making readable consent forms can be difficult task
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Keeping up with changing work force is essential