How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

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Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information. Low health literacy creates difficulties in communicating with clinicians, poses barriers in managing chronic illness, lessens the likelihood of receiving preventive care, heightens the possibility of experiencing serious medication errors, increased risk of hospitalization, and results...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:030925681X

ISBN13:9780309256810

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:National Academies Press

Length:122 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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