A program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help health care organizations, leaders and professionals improve health literacy, this website provides patient and provider educational resources.

This guide, prepared by the Disparities Solutions Center, focuses on how hospitals can better identify, report, monitor and prevent medical errors in patients with limited English proficiency.

TMF Health Quality Institute created this health literacy tip sheet to assist health care providers in involving patients in their care. It includes the legal requirements for health literacy, steps to improving communication between clinicians and patients, attributes of a health literate organization and additional resources on the topic.