Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions : workshop summary /

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Author / Creator:	Alper, Joe, author.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Description:	1 online resource (1 PDF file (xv, 59 pages)) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Hospitals -- Admission and discharge -- Congresses. Hospitals -- After care -- Congresses. Health literacy -- Congresses. Patient Discharge Summaries. Aftercare. Health literacy. Hospitals -- Admission and discharge. Hospitals -- After care. Electronic books. Congress. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11242328

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Other authors / contributors:	Hernandez, Lyla M., author. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, issuing body. Discharge Instructions and After-Visit Summaries (Workshop) (2014 : Washington, D.C.)
ISBN:	9780309307383 0309307384 9780309307390 0309307392
Notes:	Title from PDF title page. Includes bibliographical references. This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHSP233200900537P); California Dental Association; East Bay Community Foundation (Kaiser Permanente); Eli Lilly and Company; Health Resources and Services Administration (HHSH25034004T); Humana; Johnson & Johnson; Merck and Co., Inc.; Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; and UnitedHealth Group. The views presented in this publication are those of the rapporteur and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity. Version viewed April 6, 2015.
Summary:	The Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from academia, industry, government, foundations, and associations and representatives of patient and consumer interests who work to improve health literacy. To achieve its mission, the roundtable discusses challenges facing health literacy practice and research and identifies approaches to promote health literacy through mechanisms and partnerships in both the public and private sectors. To explore the aspects of health literacy that impact the ability of patients to understand and follow discharge instructions and to learn from examples of how discharge instructions can be written to improve patient understanding of--and hence compliance with--discharge instructions, the Roundtable on Health Literacy held a public workshop. The workshop featured presentations and discussions that examined the implications of health literacy for discharge instructions for both ambulatory and inpatient facilities. Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge Instructions summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop. This report gives an overview of the impact of discharge instructions on outcomes, and discusses the specifics of inpatient discharge summaries and outpatient after-visit summaries. The report also contains case studies illustrating different approaches to improving discharge instructions.
Other form:	Print version: Alper, Joe. Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]

Table of Contents:

Acronyms
1. Introduction
Organization of the Summary
2. Overview of Issues Involved in Creating Better Discharge Instructions
Discharge Instructions and Health Literacy: Policies and Their Implications
Inpatient and Ambulatory Discharge Summaries
Link Between Health Literate After-Visit Summaries and Discharge Instructions and Improved Outcomes
Discussion
3. Inpatient Discharge Summaries
Key Elements and Formatting Discharge Instructions
Reactions and Discussion
Benard Dreyer
Avniel Shetrear-Klein
Man Wai Ng
Discussion
4. Outpatient After-Visit Summaries
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System After-Visit Summary
Reactions and Discussion
Rachel Solotaroff
Alice Horowitz
Discussion
5. Approaches to Developing Improved Discharge Instructions
Project RED: Reengineering the Discharge Process
Discharge Instructions: Patient Values and Challenges
Discussion
6. Reflections on the Workshop
References
Appendixes
A. Workshop Agenda
B. Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
Figures
2-1. Example of a discharge instruction sheet with useful features
2-2. Mechanistic pathway by which discharge instructions impact outcomes
3-1. Discharge Patient Education Tool
3-2. Asthma medication plan
5-1. Patient medication schedule
5-2. Medication summary
5-3. Medication safety

Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions : workshop summary /

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