American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Evidence-based patient education guidelines Takeaways Health literacy relates to an individual’s ability to find, understand, and use healthcare information and services. Only one in ten people have proficient health literacy. However, White found that only one in ten people have proficient health literacy.

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American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool2b.html Alshehri AA, Jalal Z, Cheema E, Haque MS, Jenkins D, Yahyouche A. 2021; 16(5):e0252151. August 24, 2021.

Telemedicine 98

Telemedicine Health Insurance Health Literacy Promotion 98

American Nurse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. When performed correctly, patient education can help improve patient health literacy and save costs for the patient and the health system. pdf Fayetteville VA Health Care Center. BMC Public Health. Health literacy.

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Penn Nursing

APRIL 28, 2025

The Missing Piece of Health Accessibility A review of 5,000 pediatric studies from January 2012 to November 2021 found only about nine percent included non-English-speaking participants. She says her studies, “made me more aware of health literacy broadly and of different modes of communication that people might use.”

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