Organizational health literacy in German hospitals: a cross-sectional survey among hospital managers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational health literacy (OHL) describes conditions and measures in healthcare institutions to enable patients to make good health-related decisions. By providing easy access to and appropriate communication of understandable information to use and navigate the facility, healthcare organizations can contribute to strengthening patients' health literacy and self-management. The extent of OHL implementation in German hospitals remains largely unknown. This study aims to fill this gap in our knowledge by investigating OHL-related activities reported by hospital managers.

Methods

Between November and December 2022, we conducted a national online survey among medical, nursing and administrative hospital managers with hospitals that operate more than 50 beds. The

SUBMITTER: Haberle N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475337 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature