Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBsJL10112 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:54:19 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311154.f7VBsJL10112@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f3ILeIg12611 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:40:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from l1d9f0 (user-2ive0mn.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.2.215]) by hall.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA08334 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:40:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <002a01c0c84e$054b5040$d702f7a5@l1d9f0> From: "Helen Osborne" <Helen@healthliteracy.com> To: <nifl-health@nifl.gov> References: <0D15C12E.757871B7.1000B95A@netscape.net> Subject: Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:3057] cost of low health literacy Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:24:57 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:54:19 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1694 Lines: 41 Hi Paula, You raise an important topic. I, too, have been wanting to learn more about how health literacy and health care communication affects an organization's bottom line. Matter of fact, I've been working to develop a survey about this topic. My hypothesis is that it is more than just a matter of cost, for there are also financial gains when information is understood. If anybody would like to work with me to develop this survey, please contact me at helen@healthliteracy.com ~Helen Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Author of "Overcoming Communication Barriers in Patient Education" Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492 mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com http://www.healthliteracy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <pdmolinsky@netscape.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3057] cost of low health literacy > I am interested in hearing from anyone who has ever estimated what low health literacy costs their organization (clinic, hospital, etc.) or knows of a resource that explains how this could be done. I would like to know how a formula was developed--what factors were considered, what mathematical operations were applied etc. I would like to be able to do this for our organization and include it in an article I am writing for our health literacy newsletter. > Thanks in advance. > Paula De Leon Molinsky > Health Literacy Program Coordinator > LifeLong Medical Care > 510-597-8010 ext.555 > __________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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