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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Lack of health literacy leads to hospitalizations, ED use | Healthcare Finance News

Lack of health literacy leads to hospitalizations, emergency department use | Healthcare Finance News

The authors point to three methods to close the knowledge gap. One of them is to "Simplify written materials: Medication counseling using plain language and a pictogram-based intervention has been shown to result in fewer medication-dosage errors and greater adherence, compared to standard medication counseling."
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