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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Innovations in Health Literacy Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13016.
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Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

Innovations in Health Literacy Research: A Workshop

May 27, 2010


Barbara Jordan Conference Center

Kaiser Family Foundation Building

1330 G Street, NW

Washington, DC


Thursday, May 27, 2010 OPEN SESSION

9:00-9:15

Welcome and Introduction to the Agenda

 

George Isham, M.D., M.S.

Chair, IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy

Medical Director and Chief Health Officer

HealthPartners

9:15-9:45

Presentation of Report on the First Annual Research on Health Literacy Conference

 

Michael Paasche-Orlow, M.D., M.A., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Boston University School of Medicine

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Innovations in Health Literacy Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13016.
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9:45-10:45

The Role of Health Literacy in Health Disparities Research

Suggested Speakers:

 

9:45-10:00

How do we raise awareness of health literacy among disparity researchers? How can we keep research in disparities and research in health literacy from being in separate silos?

 

 

Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Health Policy & Management & Health, Behavior, and Society

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

10:00-10:15

How can health literacy help eliminate disparities? How does health literacy impact vulnerable populations?

 

 

Dean Schillinger, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

 

10:15-10:45

Discussion

10:45-11:00

BREAK

11:00-12:00

The Role of Health Literacy in Health Information Technology

 

11:00-11:15

How do we make sure health IT does not leave individuals with limited health literacy in the dust? What kind of research is needed to look at this issue?

 

 

Joshua Seidman, Ph.D.

Acting Director, Meaningful Use

Office of Provider Adoption Support

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

 

11:15-11:30

How do we use health IT to help those with limited health literacy: potentials, concerns, how do we study this?

 

 

Michael Wolf, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, Medicine and Learning Sciences

Associate Division Chief - Research

Division of General Internal Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Innovations in Health Literacy Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13016.
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11:30-12:00

Discussion

12:00-1:00

LUNCH

1:00-2:00

Professional Development in Health Literacy Research: How Do We Build the Field of Health Literacy Research?

 

1:00-1:15

David Baker, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Chief, General Internal Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

 

1:15-1:30

Debra Roter, Dr. P.H.

Professor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

1:30-2:00

Discussion

2:00-2:30

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

 

Cynthia Baur, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor, Health Literacy

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D.

Deputy Director

National Institutes of Health

 

Carolyn Clancy, M.D.

Director

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2:30-3:00

Discussion

3:00-3:45

The Role of Health Literacy Research in the National Action Plan

Suggested Speakers:

 

3:00-3:15

Terry C. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor

Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Innovations in Health Literacy Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13016.
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3:15-3:30

Rima Rudd, Sc.D.

Senior Lecturer on Society, Human Development & Health

Director of Educational Programs

Department of Society, Human Development and Health

Harvard School of Public Health

 

3:30-4:00

Discussion

4:00-4:15

Summary of Lessons Learned from Workshop

 

George Isham

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Innovations in Health Literacy Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13016.
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Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy.

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