Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions : workshop summary

Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions : workshop summary / Joe Alper and Lyla M. Hernandez, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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Main Authors: Alper, Joe (Author), Hernandez, Lyla M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Discharge Instructions and After-Visit Summaries (Workshop)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Hospitals > Admission and discharge > Congresses.
Hospitals > After care > Congresses.
Health literacy > Congresses.
Hospitals > After care.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Health literacy
Hospitals > Admission and discharge
Hospitals > After care
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Issues Involved in Creating Better Discharge Instructions
  • Inpatient Discharge Summaries
  • Outpatient After-Visit Summaries
  • Approaches to Developing Improved Discharge Instructions
  • Reflections on the Workshop
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers.

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