HTM310 v1

Canady, B. E., & Larzo, M. (2023). Overconfidence in managing health concerns: The Dunning–Kruger effect and health literacy. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 30(2), 460-468. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10880-022-09895-4.pdf

Good general introduction on health literacy, how we can measure it, and what we might be able to do about it.

Johnson, A. M., Brimhall, A. S., Johnson, E. T., Hodgson, J., Didericksen, K., Pye, J.,& Sewell, K. B. (2023). A systematic review of the effectiveness of patient education through patient portals. JAMIA Open, 6(1), 1-10. https://academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/article-pdf/6/1/ooac085/48758518/ooac085.pdf

Meta-analysis of patient educational material on electronic patient portals, its utilization, and indications of associated positive effects.

Deshpande, N., Arora, V. M., Vollbrecht, H., Meltzer, D. O., & Press, V. (2023). eHealth literacy and patient portal use and attitudes: cross-sectional observational study. JMIR Human Factors, 10, e40105. https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2023/1/e40105

A great overview of eHealth literacy as a sub-category of overall health literacy. Challenges students to consider how different levels of familiarity with digital technology may impact the use and experience of patient portals, both for patients and physicians.

Hägglund, M., Kharko, A., Hagström, J., Bärkås, A., Blease, C., Cajander, Å.,& Johansen, M. A. (2023). The NORDeHEALTH 2022 patient survey: cross-sectional study of national patient portal users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47573. https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e47573/

Broadens consideration of population-level factors influencing meaningful interactions with digital health care solutions outside of the United States.

Michaels, M., Hangsleben, M., Sherwood, A., Skapik, J., & Larsen, K. (2023). Adapted Kaizen: multi-organizational complex process redesign for adapting clinical guidelines for the digital age. American Journal of Medical Quality, 38(5S), S46-S59. https://journals.lww.com/ajmqonline/fulltext/2023/09002/adapted_kaizen__multi_organizational_complex.5.aspx

An interesting application of Lean process improvement to managing interacting, multidisciplinary processes in health care that stresses some of the complexities concomitant with competing priorities across multiple organizations.