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Exploring The Depths Of Health Literacy Are We Teaching This And Why Does It Matter?, Susan Toth-Cohen, Phd, Otr/L, Tracey Vause-Earland, Ms, Otr/L

Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations

Background: Why does Health Literacy Matter?

• Healthcare practitioners often work with older persons with low health literacy without realizing that this issues limiting the success of their interventions. They may also lack awareness of the serious impact that low health literacy can have, since it is associated with lower reported health status, increased hospitalizations, and increased morbidity (Levasseur & Carrier, 2011).
• The current US healthcare system places increase demands on consumers to manage their own health (Smith & Gutman, 2011).
• Educators in the health professions must instill a sense of responsibility in future practitioners to understand the important role they …

Activating Healthcare Advocates: A Collaboration Between Npa And The Ihi Open School, Ashlee Goldsmith, Md, Valerie Pracilio, Mph, Cpps

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers

Presented at: National Physician's Alliance National Conference in Alexandria Virginia.

AIM

To facilitate opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and aligning the missions of the two organizations, we organized an educational program for current and future healthcare professionals focused on the relationship between quality and cost using the Top 5 lists to promote good stewardship in clinical practice, initially developed by the NPA, as a tool to initiate collaboration.