Summary of an IOM Health Literacy Roundtable workshop examining medication container labeling. The workshop summary includes the ACP Foundation White Paper on medication labeling. 
The Medication Labeling White Paper was supported by a grant from United Health Foundation |
Home : Medication Labeling ProjectThe Medication Labeling Project was begun in 2004 to examine medication labels through the lens of health literacy. The initiative was recommended by the Foundation’s Patient Literacy Advisory Board and from the Patient Awareness and Education breakout session of the 2004 ACP Foundation/IOM Annual Health Literacy Conference.
Goals and Objectives The ACP Foundation's goal for this project is to serve as a national catalyst for the reform of medication labeling by:
Medication Labeling Technical Advisory Board Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, MACP, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Frank Federico, RPh, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Charles J. Ganley, MD, Food and Drug Administration Lisa Sanders, MD, Yale University School of Medicine William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS, Harvard University Medical School Scott R. Smith, RPh, PhD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Roger L. Williams, MD, United States Pharmacopeia Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Alastair J. J. Wood, MD, FACP, Symphony Capital, LLC Albert W. Wu, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine William B. Applegate, MD, MPH, FACP, Ex-Officio, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Project Status In 2006, the ACPF strategic planning group:
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