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Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary

0 HeALtH LiteRACY, eHeALtH, AnD CoMMUniCAtion

9:15-10:15 Panel: Overview of the Issues

9:15-9:35 Overview of eHealth. Presentation will address:
1. What is eHealth
2. What is the value of eHealth
3. Definitions and status of
a. Internet use for health
b. Personal Health Records
c. Electronic clinical use (e.g., monitoring)
Janet M. Marchibroda
eHealth initiatie and eHealth Foundation

9:35-9:55 Skills Essential for eHealth
1. What is eHealth literacy?
2. What fundamental skills are needed to benefit from
eHealth?
Cameron D. Norman
Uniersity of toronto

9:55-10:15 Communication Inequalities and eHealth—challenges
for populations with low health literacy and limited
English proficiency
Anthony Rodgers
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

10:15-10:30 bREAk

10:30-11:00 Discussion

11:00-12:00 Panel: Outcomes and Challenges—Some Examples

Each panelist will discuss the project in which they are engaged, describing
both outcomes achieved and the challenges encountered in addressing low
health literacy or language barriers to the use of eHealth approaches.

11:00-11:20 Internet Approaches for eHealth in Low Literacy/LEP
populations
Rita Kukafka
Columbia Uniersity

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