Health Literacy Training Session
Health literacy was the subject of a Health Literacy Training Session held on April 28, 2006 hosted by Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (see overview, DOC). MAPS attendees are sharing some tools they use in their facilities:

• "Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand,” - an overview of Health Literacy: [PPT]; and “Module 1: Pediatrics, Risk Management, Interpreter Resources, General” [PPT]. Source: American Medical Association Foundation and American Medical Association.
• Visit Summary,” [PDF]. Source: North Suburban Family Physicians, Roseville/Lino Lakes, Minn.
• "HealthEast's Journey to Consent Forms Simplification," [PDF] and accompanying forms: "Consent for Surgery” [DOC]; Consent for Blood/Components Transfusions,” [DOC]; and “Anesthesia Consent” [DOC]. Source: HealthEast Care Center, St. Paul, Minn.

Summary of MAPS' Health Literacy Projects
What are MAPS' organizational team members doing about health literacy? See summary: [PDF].

AMA tool kit
The American Medical Association (AMA) has a free health literacy tool kit available to qualifying organizations. To order, follow this link: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/9913.html. For more information about AMA’s Health Literacy Program visit their Web site at http://www.amafoundation.org/go/healthliteracy.

Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership
Learn more about health literacy in this presentation from the Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership. For both providers and administrators: [PPT]