Fall 2007 Health Literacy Initiatives of the Institute of Medicine
Roundtable on Health Literacy Meeting 5
The Roundtable on Health Literacy will hold its fifth workshop on Friday, October 12th in Room 100 of the Keck Center of the National Academies, located at 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC. The workshop will focus on “Improving Prescription Drug Use Container Instructions: An Issue of Health Literacy and Medication Safety.”
The Workshop will be open to the public. For those interested in attending, pre-registration is suggested. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/isc-registration/public/default.asp?event=1BB026B0
An agenda will be posted in the coming weeks.
Advances in Health Literacy
The American College of Physicians Foundation will host its Sixth Annual National Health Communication Conference, Advances in Health Literacy, on November 28, 2007. The conference will again be co-sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and held at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC.
For the 2007 conference, the ACP Foundation is increasing the number of evidence-based panel presentations that focus on successful operational models proven to improve health outcomes among patients with low health literacy levels and strategies to overcome barriers of low health literacy. Historically, the ACP Foundation’s Health Communication Conference series has assembled individuals representing national and local organizations that are in a position to effect real change with the challenges of low health literacy. Attendees represent a wide array of organizations, including academia, medicine, large employers, pharmaceuticals, media, health insurance, patient advocacy, and government.
For more information, and to register for this event, visit the ACP website: http://www.foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2007.htm
