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Watch a short video. This (6 minutes) shows the challenges people with limited health literacy face, and (2 minutes) describes how organizations can use health literacy strategies. | |
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Pick a tool and try it. Select one of these tools and review it. Pick a day and try it out on a few patients. |
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| I want to be confident that I know what medicines patients are taking and how they are taking them. | Conduct Brown Bag Medicine Reviews (Tool 8) | |
| I want to be confident that I am speaking to patients in a way that is easy for them to understand. | Communicate Clearly (Tool 4) | |
| I want to be confident that patients understand what they need to do about their health when they get home. | Use the Teach-Back Method (Tool 5) | |
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Assess your results.
Or, you may want to be more systematic and implement "Tools to Start on the Path to Improvement," Tools 1, 2, and 3). |
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