Download The Findit App

Share Your Posts On These Major Social Networks

Instatag Your Posts to Instagram Facebook + Twitter

News

San Francisco General Hospital Licenses Meducation® to Improve Patients’ Understanding of Their Medications

Morrisville 4/30/2014 8:21:10 PM

San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) has licensed Polyglot Systems’ Meducation® software for a pilot project to help its patients better understand their medications.  Accounting for 20 percent of all in-patient care provided in San Francisco, San Francisco General serves a population that speaks many languages and has widely varying levels of health literacy.  In such an environment, effectively communicating medication instructions can be a challenge.  Meducation® is designed to overcome this challenge.
It is essential that patients understand their medication instructions.  “Approximately 50 percent of patients fail to adhere to their medication instructions – that is, they don’t take their medications as prescribed.  This problem has been associated with more than 100,000 deaths annually and hundreds of billions of dollars in avoidable healthcare costs,” said Sims Preston, Polyglot CEO.  “To improve adherence, we must provide medication instructions that all patients can understand. Since more than 90 million Americans are either low health literate or have limited English proficiency, this means offering instructions in multiple languages and simplified, easy-to-understand formats.” 
Developed under a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Meducation delivers medication instructions that are written at a 5th to 8th grade reading level in any of 18 languages, can be printed in large fonts for those with impaired vision and use pictograms to convey information clearly. For certain especially hard to use medications, Meducation allows patients to access on-line videos demonstrating proper medication use.  
“San Francisco General serves more than 100,000 patients per year.  In a population that size, the communication needs are diverse” said Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, hospitalist and Chair, SFGH Care Transitions Taskforce.  Dr. Schneidermann is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF. “Meeting those needs is essential not just for ensuring adherence but, more broadly, for ensuring that the care we deliver is truly patient centered.  It is our commitment to effective, patient-centered care that makes us excited about innovations like Meducation.” 
SFGH’s use of Meducation is supported by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. 
About San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center is the sole provider of trauma and psychiatric emergency services for the City and County of San Francisco. A comprehensive medical center, SFGH serves some 100,000 patients per year and provides 20 percent of the city’s inpatient care. In 2011, SFGH became the first hospital in the country to be certified for a Traumatic Brain Injury program. As San Francisco’s public hospital, SFGH’s mission is to provide quality health care and trauma services with compassion and respect to patients that include the city’s most vulnerable. General Hospital is also one of the nation’s top academic medical centers, partnering with the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine on clinical training and research.
About Polyglot Systems
Polyglot Systems’ award-winning software is designed to improve patient understanding, thereby improving health, reducing costs and increasing patient satisfaction.  Polyglot’s products have been licensed to hospitals, health systems, clinics, pharmacies and public health departments. www.pgsi.com

More News

https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/63ff2e70-7cc8-4b56-9a24-905c1919872c.jpg

Meducation® to Provide “Universal Medication Schedule” Instructions on Prescription Labels with Cerner

Meducation® to Provide “Universal Medication Schedule” Instructions on Prescription Labels with Cerner

Released On: 1/8/2016
Views: 2303

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/0a967608-20c1-482a-805e-8369918cedb8.jpg

San Francisco General Hospital Pilot Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Readmission Rates with Meducation®

San Francisco General Hospital Pilot Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Readmission Rates with Meducation®

Released On: 11/5/2015
Views: 2676

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/0d87cea1-01d0-49e5-b198-080cd72108e5.jpg

Meducation® Integrated with PioneerRx to Improve Medication Adherence

Meducation® Integrated with PioneerRx to Improve Medication Adherence.

Released On: 7/28/2015
Views: 2594

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1774085_219974_080115014913.jpg

NOVA ScriptsCentral Licenses Meducation® to Provide Universal Medication Schedule Instructions on Pill Bottles

NOVA ScriptsCentral Licenses Meducation® to Provide Universal Medication Schedule Instructions on Pill Bottles.

Released On: 1/8/2015
Views: 2851

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1760675_219974_191214073428.jpg

Meducation® and Diabetes Care: Simplified, Multilingual Medication Instructions

Meducation® and Diabetes Care, Simplified, Multilingual Medication Instructions. New research indicates that Polyglot Systems’ flagship solution, Meducation® is an important tool in improving medication adherence and patient satisfaction among lo ...

Released On: 12/19/2014
Views: 4243

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1739594_219974_181114104428.jpg

Meducation® is Now PCMH Prevalidated: Patient-Centered Medical Home

Meducation® is Now PCMH Prevalidated. Patient-Centered Medical Home. Polyglot Systems’ flagship solution, Meducation®, has been prevalidated by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to receive 3 points in autocredit towards NCQA’s P ...

Released On: 11/18/2014
Views: 4148

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1701355_219974_300914104938.jpg

Polyglot joins Allscripts Developer Program Improves patient medication adherence and reduces healthcare costs with Meducation®

Polyglot joins Allscripts Developer Program Improves patient medication adherence and reduces healthcare costs with Meducation®

Released On: 9/30/2014
Views: 2383

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1671838_219974_190814124255.jpg

Meducation® from Polyglot Joins Greenway Online Marketplace for Comprehensive Health IT Solutions

Meducation® from Polyglot Joins Greenway Online Marketplace for Comprehensive Health IT Solutions. Polyglot Systems today announced it has joined the Greenway Health online Marketplace of value-added partners for users of Greenway’s integrated e ...

Released On: 8/20/2014
Views: 4858

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1660547_219974_040814115855.jpg

BlueStep/BridgeGate Health Partners with Polyglot Systems to Provide Simplified, Multilingual Medication Instructions for Seniors

BlueStep/BridgeGate Health Partners with Polyglot Systems to Provide Simplified, Multilingual Medication Instructions for Seniors

Released On: 8/4/2014
Views: 3999

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1592228_219974_300414062111.jpg

San Francisco General Hospital Licenses Meducation® to Improve Patients’ Understanding of Their Medications

San Francisco General Hospital Licenses Meducation® to Improve Patients’ Understanding of Their Medications.

Released On: 4/30/2014
Views: 2520

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1567898_219974_260314013051.jpg

VA Pilot Study Concludes that Meducation® Improves Patient’s Medication Adherence

A 6 month study by the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has concluded that Polyglot Systems’ Meducation “health literacy intervention positively effected medication adherence and clinical outcomes”.

Released On: 3/27/2014
Views: 2582

View
https://s3.amazonaws.com/findit-pictures/219974/1485597_219974_021213044630.jpg

Charles Lee, MD, Founder & President of Polyglot Systems, Inc., Appointed To Consulting Role with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Charles Lee, MD, Founder & President of Polyglot Systems, Inc., has been appointed as a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Released On: 12/3/2013
Views: 3178

View
wait