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September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Foundation for Medical Excellence convened a national conference to develop a consensus on the best methods for assessing physicians' communication skills and the programs that teach those skills.
April 1, 2013 | Report
More than 8 out of 10 adults over age 40—including employees—are making decisions about their health and health care on a regular basis
April 13, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors conducted a one-year, multi-site trial of patient-accessible online office visit notes system OpenNotes, and found that many primary care physicians were willing to participate.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Limited health literacy is associated with misunderstandings about cancer susceptibility and benefits of early detection and low adherence to cancer screening.
October 29, 2012 | New Public Health Post
To follow is an excerpt of a conversation with Monica Peek, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholar and grantee, who presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting about new research exploring the value of high quality doctor-pa ...
April 6, 2011 | Program Result
"We would never have gotten this information if the doctor had just gone in with broken Spanish," said Beth Ebel, M.D. "Often you don't know what you're getting into with medicine. If you don't know the nuances of the situation it can be a problem."
National Program
This program, the first of its kind to integrate quality improvement techniques with hospital-based language services.
National Program
To improve access to quality health care for Latinos with limited English proficiency through the use of cost-effective interpretation and translation services.
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Study found use of free drug samples widespread among older adults but participation in pharmaceutical industry-sponsored patient assistance programs very low.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Non-verbal clues provide different but important information for doctors and patients during routine checkups.