Free AHRQ book chapter on learning to be a health literate organization

Free AHRQ book chapter on learning to be a health literate organization



AHRQ Researcher Charts Systems’ Journeys to Become Health Literate

The book chapter, The Journey to Become a Health Literate Organization: A Snapshot of Health System Improvement, by AHRQ Researcher Cindy Brach, is now freely available on PubMed Central. The chapter explores the journey that a growing number of health systems are taking to become health literate and highlights the experiences of three health systems that have explicitly set a goal to become health literate.

Access the chapter at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666686/.

Explore other chapters of the book “New directions in health literacy research, theory, and practice” at: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/ISBN/978-1-61499-790-0

Find out about other AHRQ health literacy resources at: https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/resources/health-literacy.html

Learn about the ten attributes of a health literate health care organization at: https://nam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BPH_Ten_HLit_Attributes.pdf