Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand
| Author | : Mary Ann Abrams, MD, |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 65 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 157947988X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781579479886 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Download or read book Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand written by Mary Ann Abrams, MD, and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 68-page monograph offers new supporting research, explores how ineffective communication and low health literacy combine to affect patient safety, provides tools to decrease communication-related adverse events at a systemwide level, and helps physicians initiate changes toward a safer and shame-free practice environment. As a bonus, one Safe Communication Universal Precautions tip card is included which can serve as a take-away reminder of the tips featured within the monograph. Also included is Continuing Medical Education credit for physicians.
