HLCP 8.2 Handout, Health Literacy and Communication for Health Professionals
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//-->Health Literacy and Communication for Health ProfessionalsEssential Skills: Communicating High Risk and Care Transitions 8.2Medication reconciliationMedication reconciliation means that the pharmacist sits with a person and goes through eachmedication ---both prescription and non-prescription medicines and check to see the following things:Does the patient know what the medicine is named and what it is for?How many places are being used to fill them? Because having more than one pharmacykeeps pharmacists from performing adequate drug interaction checks when they don'tknow the full spectrum of medications.They look to see How many duplicate prescriptions they have. Sometimes generic namesvs. brand names are confusing and duplications can happen.They look to see how old the medicine is. Are the pills expired?They look to see how many pills remain and is that number appropriate for the date and thedosing?Health messages containing numbersTips for conveying health messages containing numbers:When using numbers, Round decimals to the nearest whole number.Use familiar analogies and examples such as "5 pounds, about the same as a bag of sugar,flour, etc.Define terms used for important concepts such as "common" and "rare.Try writing "half' rather than "50%" if possible.If possible, state numbers as 100 or less, and 1 or more.Be flexible about writing/grammar rules. Really, it's okay to write the number "5" instead ofspelling it out.Try combining words, pictures, and examples to convey numeric concepts. A good example itto show pictures of two thermometers, one with a normal temperature and the other with a highfever.Supplement your conversation with examples; "moderate exercise could be "Pat walks 10minutes after breakfast, lunch and dinner."Do not assume that readers know mathematic symbols such as ">" (greater than) or "<" (lessthan). [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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//-->Health Literacy and Communication for Health ProfessionalsEssential Skills: Communicating High Risk and Care Transitions 8.2Medication reconciliationMedication reconciliation means that the pharmacist sits with a person and goes through eachmedication ---both prescription and non-prescription medicines and check to see the following things:Does the patient know what the medicine is named and what it is for?How many places are being used to fill them? Because having more than one pharmacykeeps pharmacists from performing adequate drug interaction checks when they don'tknow the full spectrum of medications.They look to see How many duplicate prescriptions they have. Sometimes generic namesvs. brand names are confusing and duplications can happen.They look to see how old the medicine is. Are the pills expired?They look to see how many pills remain and is that number appropriate for the date and thedosing?Health messages containing numbersTips for conveying health messages containing numbers:When using numbers, Round decimals to the nearest whole number.Use familiar analogies and examples such as "5 pounds, about the same as a bag of sugar,flour, etc.Define terms used for important concepts such as "common" and "rare.Try writing "half' rather than "50%" if possible.If possible, state numbers as 100 or less, and 1 or more.Be flexible about writing/grammar rules. Really, it's okay to write the number "5" instead ofspelling it out.Try combining words, pictures, and examples to convey numeric concepts. A good example itto show pictures of two thermometers, one with a normal temperature and the other with a highfever.Supplement your conversation with examples; "moderate exercise could be "Pat walks 10minutes after breakfast, lunch and dinner."Do not assume that readers know mathematic symbols such as ">" (greater than) or "<" (lessthan). [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]