Readability of patient discharge instructions with and without the use of electronically available disease-specific templates | Zendy

Stephanie K. Mueller | Zendy; Kyla Giannelli | Zendy; Robert Boxer | Zendy; Jeffrey L. Schnipper | Zendy

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Readability of patient discharge instructions with and without the use of electronically available disease-specific templates

Author(s) -

Stephanie K. Mueller,

Kyla Giannelli,

Robert Boxer,

Jeffrey L. Schnipper

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocv005

Subject(s) - readability , medicine , hospital discharge , health literacy , health care , computer science , intensive care medicine , economics , programming language , economic growth

Low health literacy is common, leading to patient vulnerability during hospital discharge, when patients rely on written health instructions. We aimed to examine the impact of the use of electronic, patient-friendly, templated discharge instructions on the readability of discharge instructions provided to patients at discharge.

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