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6 How Can the Lessons of Health Literacy Be Used to Build Patient-Centered Outcomes for Safe Use?
Pages 49-56

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... Isham suggested a collaborative be formed to develop an opportunity map regarding warfarin, for example. Where are the opportunities to add value and help individuals -- under a variety of socioeconomic situations, educational levels, health literacy levels -- understand safe use of warfa rin?
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From page 50...
... She noted that Sharfstein said pick low-hanging fruit, test the idea and see how it works, then show tangible results and apply elsewhere. And do not forget the people who will be newly insured under health care reform, who haven't been plugged into the health care system.
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From page 51...
... FDAAA also authorizes FDA to require holders of certain drug applications approved without a REMS to submit a proposed REMS if the agency becomes aware of new safety information and makes a determination that a REMS is necessary to ensure the benefits of the drug outweigh its risks.
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From page 52...
... But there is a disconnection between the research and what the FDA can say about a drug. To make informed choices about health care and about medication use, patients have to consider risk in the context of benefit.
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From page 53...
... It is a medication that is OTC and prescription, so it allows issues to be addressed on both sides. It is one of the most commonly used medications and most commonly prescribed by health care providers.
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From page 54...
... pharmacies today and picked up prescriptions that were labeled APAP and had no idea that the medicine actually contains acetaminophen. The medication administration section of OTC drugs is very unclear for reasons discussed earlier, Dreyer said.
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... The researchers asked all the patients to designate a caregiver. That caregiver could be a health care provider or a friend.
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