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Patient-Centered Emr Communication, Christi Lynn Camarena
Patient-Centered Emr Communication, Christi Lynn Camarena
Doctoral Projects
The electronic medical record (EMR) has become the standard in health care documentation. The EMR has been shown to improve the availability of medical records, provide tools to facilitate communication, and improve patient safety. Because of the absence of standardized training and EMR research, there is a gap in understanding the relationship between the EMR and the provider-patient relationship. The EMR requires the provider to use purposeful and deliberate patient-centered EMR communications behaviors to facilitate a meaningful, engaging, and educational dialogue with patients. These behaviors have been studied in physician populations and standardized tools have been developed to assist in …
Ntchs© Health Literacy Intervention Pilot Study, Genevieve Evenhouse
Ntchs© Health Literacy Intervention Pilot Study, Genevieve Evenhouse
Doctoral Projects
This pilot study explored the effectiveness of a validated curriculum called, “Navigating the Health Care System” (NTHCSÓ) in improving the health literacy of high school-aged adolescents in response to the national call to promote knowledge and skills in all ages, and socio-economic and cultural groups to achieve healthier lives. Low health literacy has been shown to greatly affect the quality of lives, health outcomes, and health spending of individuals with and without health conditions across social demographics. High school-aged adolescents are the population of interest of this study due to their developmental milestones which allows for knowledge and skill building …