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Monday, August 10, 2015
The Arc of Health Literacy
JAMA Network
It is a troubling paradox. In the midst of rapid expansion of medical knowledge intended to benefit many, too few actually understand medical information well enough to improve their health. A landmark 2006 report notes that only about 12% of US adults had a proficient state of health literacy whereby “individuals can obtain, process and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions.”1......
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice - deadlines
The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care
Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health
services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, France,
Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting
original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.
Read a Harkness Fellowships brochure for more information.
2016-17 Harkness Application deadlines:
September 8, 2015: Australia and New ZealandNovember 16, 2015: Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
About the Fellowship.....
LifeLabs to make patients’ test results available online (Ontario/B.C.) note - comments
Blogger's Note: LifeLabs is already experiencing technical issues (1:04 pm EST August 10th - advised to try tomorrow afternoon)
Toronto Star
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