Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary
2009

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To receive the greatest value for health care, it is important to focus on issues of quality and disparity, and the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions based on basic health knowledge and services. The Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation, the Roundtable on Health Disparities, and the Roundtable on Health Literacy jointly convened the workshop "Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement" to address these concerns. During this workshop, speakers and participants explored how equity in care delivered and a focus on patients could be improved.

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102 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-12749-1
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-12750-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12502

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Institute of Medicine. 2009. Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xvi
1 Introduction 1-4
2 Opportunity at the Intersection of Quality Improvement, Disparities Reduction, and Health Literacy 5-16
3 Building the Foundation for Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement in Health and Health Care 17-40
4 Integration at the Practitioner Level 41-54
5 Breakout Groups 55-62
6 Policy Issues of Integration 63-70
7 Concluding Remarks 71-74
References 75-78
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda 79-82
Appendix B: Workshop Participants 83-86

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Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary (2009)

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Chapter: 1 Introduction