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Nov 29, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
University health centers provide this support and basic services, like flu shots, and often more complex services such as lab work, imaging services, and exams. But would a student understand that by visiting its website? ahimafoundation.org/news/health-li… On the #HealthLiteracy for #HealthEquity blog, @AHIMAResources member Alice M. Noblin, PhD, RHIA, CCS, PMP shares insights and findings from her study now published in the journal, Perspectives in Health Information Management. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Jul 18, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
In @MilkenInstitute's newly released report, "Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities," the authors offer these seven recommendations for moving forward. A 🧵
milkeninstitute.org/sites/default/… Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments 1.The US needs a systematic, recurrent population-wide health literacy assessment. Versions of a patient-centric or target-audience-centric survey should be validated for various languages spoken in the US and conducted via a medium that is easy to understand and use.