Building the case for health literacy : proceedings of a workshop / Joe Alper, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Roundtable on Health Literacy, editor.

Health and Medicine Division, editor.

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, editor.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, editor.

Alper, Joe, editor.

Conference Name:

Building the Case for Health Literacy (Workshop) (2017 : Washington, D.C.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health literacy--United States.

Health literacy.

Patient education--United States.

Patient education.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 151 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : the National Academies Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The field of health literacy has evolved from one focused on individuals to one that recognizes that health literacy is multidimensional. While communicating in a health literate manner is important for everyone, it is particularly important when communicating with those with limited health literacy who also experience more serious medication errors, higher rates of hospitalization and use of the emergency room, poor health outcomes, and increased mortality. Over the past decade, research has shown that health literacy interventions can significantly impact various areas including health care costs, outcomes, and health disparities. To understand the extent to which health literacy has been shown to be effective at contributing to the Quadruple Aim of improving the health of communities, providing better care, providing affordable care, and improving the experience of the health care team, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop on building the case for health literacy. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop, and highlights important lessons about the role of health literacy in meeting the Quadruple Aim, case studies of organizations that have adopted health literacy, and discussions among the different stakeholders involved in making the case for health literacy"-- Publisher's description

Contents:

The patient perspective on the need for health literacy

Improving health and the bottom line

Why health literacy?

Adopting health literacy in an organization

Where do we go from here

Reflections on the day

References

Appendixes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-47432-9

0-309-47430-2