Increase patients’ health-related knowledge via efforts to simplify health education materials, improve patient-provider communication, and increase overall literacy
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
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7 results
Health literacy interventions
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care, Quality of Care
Integrated long-term care for community-dwelling frail elders
Support a collaborative approach by a multidisciplinary team of professionals working to meet the full range of long-term care (LTC) needs for frail elderly patients living in community settings
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Medical-legal partnerships
Integrate legal services into health care settings to address legal issues that affect health (e.g., housing, food, utilities); services provided by private practice lawyers, law students, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Patient financial incentives for preventive care
Use payments, vouchers, and other incentives to encourage patients to undergo preventive care such as screenings, vaccinations, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Patient navigators
Provide culturally sensitive assistance and care coordination, and guide patients through available medical, insurance, and social support; also called systems navigators
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Price transparency initiatives for patients
Make pricing for hospital procedures and other health care services publicly available, often via websites, online databases, report cards, or similar tools
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Public reporting of health care quality performance
Make clinician, clinic, hospital, long-term care facility and insurance plan performance on health care quality measures publicly available via report cards, reporting websites, or similar tools
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
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