Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1.
The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) screening instrument for health literacy. The Newest Vital Sign (February 2011). Available at: http://www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com/asset/pdf/NVS_Eng/files/nvs_flipbook_english_final.pdf. Copyright © 2002–2011 Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved.
- Figure 2.
Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine intervention process. Health Literacy Kit used with permission from the AMA Foundation.
Tables
- Table 1.
Estimated Costs in the Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Clinic Associated with Screening Using the Newest Vital Sign
Description One-time Start-up and Training Costs ($)*† Annual Maintenance Costs ($) Personnel Salary and fringe benefits for Intake Coordinator at 0.25 FTE to score and input NVS into EMR 11,500‡ Intervention training (grand rounds) 5000† Refresher training 100 IT add field to EMR to capture NVS score 1500 Materials American Medical Association health literacy training kits (∼$35 each) 1500 Photocopies 300 Total 8000 11,800 ↵* Estimated costs based on Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine clinic with 45 intake and clinical personnel.
↵† Includes photocopying, honorarium (optional), and participation incentives (optional).
↵‡ Calculated on $46,000 Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine full-time equivalent. Costs may be considerably lower if conducted as part of routine intake using existing personnel.
FTE, full-time equivalent; NVS, newest vital sign; EMR, electronic medical record; IT, information technology.
