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The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation and AMA are exploring the link between health literacy and patient safety. Our goal is to create safer and shame-free health care environments for patients with limited health literacy, and by extension, to all patients. Working toward that goal, we have two resources for providers to help them minimize communication-related adverse events - patient safety monograph and patient safety tip cards.

The 2001 video, "Low health literacy: You can't tell by looking," features actual physicians and office staff interacting with real patients challenged by low health literacy. The 2007 video, "Health literacy and patient safety: Help patients understand," gives more detailed techiques and specific steps for physicians and their staff on helping patients with limited health literacy.