Implementing routine health literacy assessment in hospital and primary care patients

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 68-76

  Cawthon, Courtney ^a   Mion, Lorraine C ^b,c   Willens, David E ^d,e   Roumie, Christianne L ^d,f   Kripalani, Sunil ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Joint Commission   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84893119007     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(14)40008-4     Document Type: Article

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