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Attributes of a Health Literate Organization

Posted by on April 27th, 2012 Posted in: News from NLM, Training & Education

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies has made available a discussion paper, describing 10 attributes of a helath literate organization, to guide health care organizations that seek to ensure that everyone gets the greatest benefit possible from health care information and services. The authors are participants in  the Workgroup on Attributes of a Health Literate Organization of the IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy.

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Medical Librarian, Network Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM, PNR. I work for a network of libraries and organizations with an interest in health information.

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