Information on an IHI Web & Action program is below in this email.  The program may be of use to listserv members who want to progress faster in addressing Health Literacy through healthcare professionals and their organizations.  The program is an action-based learning venue where teams complete pre-work, attend 3 web sessions, and perform tests of change between the sessions.  It is designed (and priced) for the IHI IMPACT membership organizations' teams and available to all interested teams.  Faculty are Mary Ann Abrams, MD, MPH; Norma Kenoyer (New Readers of Iowa) and Gail Nielsen.

  
Health Literacy: New Methods for Patient Education and Self-Management Support

Begins May 28, 2008
http://ihi.org/IHI/Programs/AudioAndWebPrograms/HealthLiteracyNewMethodsforPatientEducation.htm


IHI's new Web&ACTION, Health Literacy: New Methods for Patient Education
and Self-Management Support, will help participants develop their
expertise in health literacy through process diagnostics and
test-of-change exercises with patients and families in their care.
National experts will share both research and front-line experience in
helping caregivers in all health care settings e.g. hospitals, office
practices, home care, reduce the risks related to poor patient
understanding of healthcare information and self-care instructions. Upon
completion of this Web&ACTION series, participants will be able to: 

* Describe the relationship between health literacy and improving
quality and safety of care, managing chronic disease, eliminating health
disparities, and focusing on the patient 
* Discover how their current patient education materials and
processes may underachieve and test improvements 
* Identify, all members of the health care team in helping patients and families
understand medical instructions and information 

For complete program details, please visit:
http://ihi.org/IHI/Programs/AudioAndWebPrograms/HealthLiteracyNewMethodsforPatientEducation.htm

Enrollment Fees:
Regular Rate: $595
IMPACT Member Rate: $505

Special Discount Rate for independent, federally qualified health
centers not affiliated with a hospital or health system, independent
practices with fewer than 20 physicians, and hospitals with fewer than
50 beds: $290.00.


Gail A. Nielsen
Clinical Performance Improvement
Education Administrator
Iowa Health System
1200 Pleasant Street ERC-2
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
 
nielsega at ihs.org
Phone: 515.241.8626
Fax:     515.241.5059
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