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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a one-day public workshop that will feature invited presentations and discussion of the role and challenges regarding clarity of communication on medication. Potential areas of focus include use of health literacy principles to address clarity of materials, decision aids, and other supportive tools and technologies regarding risks, benefits, alternatives, and health plan coverage.
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Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop
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·2017
Research conducted over the past two decades has shown that poor patient understanding of medication instructions is an important contributor to the more than 1 million medication errors and adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and even death. Patients...
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