Health literacy, ehealth, and communication : putting the consumer first : workshop summary / Lyla M. Hernandez ; Roundtable on Health literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hernandez, Lyla M.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health education--United States.

Health education.

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

Communication in medicine--United States.

Communication in medicine.

Consumer-driven health care--United States.

Consumer-driven health care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is great enthusiasm over the use of emerging interactive health information technologies-often referred to as eHealth-and the potential these technologies have to improve the quality, capacity, and efficiency of the health care system. However, many doctors, advocacy groups, policy makers and consumers are concerned that electronic health systems might help individuals and communities with greater resources while leaving behind those with limited access to technology. In order to address this problem, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop to explore the current status of communication technology, the challenges for its use in populations with low health literacy, and the strategies for increasing the benefit of these technologies for populations with low health literacy. The summary of the workshop, "Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First," includes participants' comments on these issues.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Overview of issues

3. Outcomes and challenges of eHealth approaches: Panel 1

4. Outcomes and challenges of eHealth approaches: Panel 2

5. Emerging tools and strategies

6. Concluding discussion

References

Appendix A: Glossary of terms

Appendix B: Workshop agenda

Appendix C: Workshop speaker biosketches

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780309177498

0309177499

9780309126434

0309126436

OCLC:

568279734