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Overview

Successful use of Health IT enabled Quality Improvement requires a strong organizational foundation. This includes understanding motivating factors as well as barriers, communicating the value of using Health IT to improve quality and outcomes, and building buy in and commitment throughout all levels of the organization. Resources in this section provide ideas and guidance on how to navigate this critical first step.

Health Literacy Online
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
/ Categories: Electronic Patient Engagement, Patient Portals,

Health Literacy Online

A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

As Health Centers increase the amount of electronic communications sent out to their patients they need to continually assess the literacy level of the content that they are sending out across patient portals, text messages, and social networks. This guide provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion helps staff "develop intuitive health websites and digital tools that can be easily accessed and understood by all users — including the millions of Americans who struggle to find, process, and use online health information."

The Health Literacy Online guide is broken into six main sections as follows:

  1. What We Know About Users with Limited Literacy Skills
  2. Write Actionable Content
  3. Display Content Clearly on the Page
  4. Organize Content and Simplify Navigation
  5. Engage Users
  6. Test Your Site with Users with Limited Literacy Skills

Resource Links

  • A link to the ODPHP developed Health Literacy GuideThis research-based guide will help you develop intuitive health websites and digital tools that can be easily accessed and understood by all users, including the millions of Americans who struggle to find, process, and use online health information.
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Tags: patient engagement mobile health patient portals Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ODPHP health literacy social networking
Intended AudienceHealth Center Staff, Patient Navigators, Health Education Staff

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Acknowledgements

This resource collection was compiled by the HITEQ Center staff with guidance from HITEQ Advisory Committee members and collaborators of the HITEQ Center.

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