Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1BNdrI18586; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:39:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:39:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <02AE15AD9F72C0418861E7F1444CFA0174721A@exchange.domain> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Helen Wu <HWu@QualityForum.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4323] Call for collaborators: National Quality Forum informed consent p X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.10) Status: O Content-Length: 2442 Lines: 49 The National Quality Forum has recently initiated a project, "Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent in Low Literacy/Limited English Proficiency Populations" and is seeking collaborating providers for participation. This project will investigate the barriers to, and strategies for, successfully implementing the NQF-endorsed informed consent practice: ask each patient or legal surrogate to recount what he or she has been told during the informed consent discussion. The project will focus on patients undergoing non-investigational, invasive procedures in either inpatient or outpatient settings and have a particular emphasis on providers serving large low literacy and LEP populations. The project will include: 1) detailed self-assessments by a few collaborating "early adopter" providers who have implemented the practice, based on their experiences in general and with low literacy/LEP patients; 2) interviews with "non-adopting" providers that have not implemented this practice but would like to do so; 3) an analytic case study describing and comparing the collaborators' experiences; and 4) an interactive workshop held in the fall of 2004 to discuss and expand on the experiences that includes the collaborators, other providers, and consumer and purchaser representatives. The project will be overseen by a Technical Advisory Panel and culminate in workshop proceedings, including the analytic case study, and a user's guide designed for providers who wish to implement the practice. We are seeking providers for the first two tasks of the project, particularly for item 1. Despite the importance of appropriate communication practices to ensure fully informed consent in medical decisionmaking, there do not appear to be many providers (facilities or individuals) who have formally implemented the "repeat back" informed consent practice as defined by NQF, and any information listserv participants have on examples of this practice being conducted in healthcare facilities would be welcome. Providers who are interested in providing feedback during our interview process as non-adopters are also welcome to respond. Please contact me at the e-mail address/phone number given below. Helen W. Wu, M.S. Program Director The National Quality Forum 601 Thirteenth Street, NW Suite 500 North Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202.783.1300 Fax: 202.783.3434 Email: hwu@qualityforum.org http://www.qualityforum.org
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