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related to their medications." Rosof went on to explain that this should not be considered a failure of patients or their caregivers, but rather of those in the health care system who do not provide information clearly and check to make sure the information has been understood. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE The first panel featured Bobbie Reed, the primary caregiver for her son who received a kidney transplant; Caleb Sexton, who has psoriatic disease; and Darvece Monson, who has chronic kidney disease and is on the transplant waiting list.
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," he said, these tools can help generate more individualized discussions about medications. APPROACHES TO HEALTH-LITERATE MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS The second panel of the day featured presentations by William Shrank, chief medical officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan; Irene Chan, deputy director in the Division of Medication Error Prevention and Analysis at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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She said FDA expects manufacturers to evaluate the entire user interface before putting the product on the market and to test the product with representative users in representative scenarios. FDA is also committed to the development of a new form of patient information called Patient Medication Information (PMI)
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Of the 11 mutually reinforcing components of Project RED, said Jack, medicine reconciliation is at the top of the list because it is the most important piece of a health-literate discharge program. Jack and his colleagues carefully designed the written discharge plan to follow health literacy best practices, he said, including lots of white space, large fonts, pictures, and icons.
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Heather Rennie, managing counsel of the Regulatory Legal Group at Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., spoke next, giving the legal and regulatory perspectives on designing health-literate materials. Finally, Michael Wolf, professor of medicine and learning sciences and associate division chief for research in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, presented his views on the future of health literacy research and the development of written materials about medications.
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However, a number of issues related to medication errors and misuse must be addressed, said Wolf. Those issues include reconciling medications, spacing out multiple doses per day, remembering to take medications, organizing and integrating complex prescription regimens, and solving problems with regard to medications, such as what to do if a dose is missed.
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; American Dental Association; Bristol-Myers Squibb; East Bay Community Foundation (Kaiser Permanente) ; Eli Lilly and Company; Health Literacy Missouri; Health Literacy Partners; Health Resources and Services Administration (HHSH25034011T)
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