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Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons.

Baker DW, Wolf MS, Feinglass J, Thompson JA, Gazmararian JA, Huang J.
Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1503-9.  ADL. Abstract available on PubMed.

Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies.

Bradshaw M, Tomany-Korman S, Flores G.
Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug;120(2):e225-35.  Abstract available on PubMed.

Development of an illustrated medication schedule as a low-literacy patient education tool.

Kripalani S, Robertson R, Love-Ghaffari MH, Henderson LE, Praska J, Strawder A, Katz MG, Jacobson TA.
Development of an illustrated medication schedule as a low-literacy patient education tool. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Jun;66(3):368-77.  Abstract available at PubMed.

Nursing: new articles of interest

Kurtzman ET, Corrigan JM.
Measuring the contribution of nursing to quality, patient safety, and health care outcomes. Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2007 Feb;8(1):20-36. Abstract available at PubMed.

Ross J.
Health literacy and its influence on patient safety. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007 Jun;22(3):220-2.

Hospitals/Health Care Facilites: new articles

Knapp C.
Bronson Methodist Hospital: journey to excellence in quality and safety. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006 Oct;32(10):556-63.  Abstract available at PubMed. 

Mitty E, Flores S.
Assisted living nursing practice: medication management: Part 1. Assessing the resident for self-medication ability. Geriatr Nurs. 2007 Mar-Apr;28(2):83-9. ADL. Abstract available at PubMed.

Ross J.
Health literacy and its influence on patient safety. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007 Jun;22(3):220-2.