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 h9P30IV21068; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:00:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:00:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <12d.3340e0fc.2ccb4011@aol.com> 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: LavesMA@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4218] Re: Emergency department information X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1155 Lines: 28 Helen, I would suggest the MD talk and engage with the ER staff to create discharge instructions to meet the needs of the community. Each community has unique needs, neuances and language/communication characteristics. Moreover, their efforts should address the most commonly seen medical problems. Bete Channing has a variety of booklets on common medical problems that could be used to individualized to meet the needs of the ER. At one facilty I worked we organized a multidisciplinary committee to develop simple D/C instruction sheets that allowed staff to 'check off' applicable items. This approach enabled us to assure consistency with the inpatient education handouts we provided to patients. M. Laves In a message dated 10/24/03 4:43:35 PM, helen@healthliteracy.com writes: << Hello NIFL-Health, A physician I just spoke with is looking to purchase (or, if need be, create) emergency room discharge instructions that average readers can understand. Does anyone on NIFL-Health know of a software package that has this type of information? If so, where should I suggest she go to learn more? As always, thanks! ~Helen >>
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