Explain Medical Terminology In Easy-Way.
1. Read the “Quick Guide to Health Literacy” and “Health Literacy and Health Outcomes” information from USDHHS (link on Moodle). Below, summarize health outcomes for patients with low health literacy.
The patients with low health literacy have poor health outcomes including increased rates of hospitalization and reduced frequency of using preventive services, lack of health insurance, lack of knowledge about medical conditions and treatment, which these leading to increased healthcare costs. They also have problems to report their health status, and experience negative psychological effects.
2. Think back to your IPPE and work experiences. What are two interventions that might help those pharmacies improve services for patients with low health literacy?
1) Provide with the interpreters. In the community pharmacy that I work, there is a patient who cannot understand English very well, the clinic would provide her with interpreters or her relatives (son, husband) translate for her.
2) Explain medical terminology in easy-understanding way. When I need to provide consultation regarding diuretics, I will describe this new medication as water pills, which let the patients …show more content…
As a pharmacist, you should be able to explain health topics to both colleagues and patients, using the appropriate terminology depending on the context. Below, write a paragraph explaining to a patient how statins work and why they are important for cardiovascular health. Be sure to have this paragraph at an 8th grade reading level or lower, and report your level below.
(Note: You may have to keep editing it until you reach your desired readability level. To view your reading level, click “File” -> “Options” -> “Proofing” -> check “Show Readability Statistics” (under When Correcting Spelling and Grammar In Word). Then, highlight your paragraph and click “Review” -> “Spelling and Grammar.” On the summary, it will show your paragraph’s reading level under the “Flesch-Kincaid Grade
The patients with low health literacy have poor health outcomes including increased rates of hospitalization and reduced frequency of using preventive services, lack of health insurance, lack of knowledge about medical conditions and treatment, which these leading to increased healthcare costs. They also have problems to report their health status, and experience negative psychological effects.
2. Think back to your IPPE and work experiences. What are two interventions that might help those pharmacies improve services for patients with low health literacy?
1) Provide with the interpreters. In the community pharmacy that I work, there is a patient who cannot understand English very well, the clinic would provide her with interpreters or her relatives (son, husband) translate for her.
2) Explain medical terminology in easy-understanding way. When I need to provide consultation regarding diuretics, I will describe this new medication as water pills, which let the patients …show more content…
As a pharmacist, you should be able to explain health topics to both colleagues and patients, using the appropriate terminology depending on the context. Below, write a paragraph explaining to a patient how statins work and why they are important for cardiovascular health. Be sure to have this paragraph at an 8th grade reading level or lower, and report your level below.
(Note: You may have to keep editing it until you reach your desired readability level. To view your reading level, click “File” -> “Options” -> “Proofing” -> check “Show Readability Statistics” (under When Correcting Spelling and Grammar In Word). Then, highlight your paragraph and click “Review” -> “Spelling and Grammar.” On the summary, it will show your paragraph’s reading level under the “Flesch-Kincaid Grade