Background: Hospital-associated sleep loss and poor overall sleep efficiency are associated with poor glycemic control and exacerbated insulin resistance. in diabetic patients. The relationship between sleep, sleep hygiene, and diabetes is confounded by social determinants of health, such as health literacy. The evaluation of insomnia often utilizes complex sleep diaries or logs that may not [...]

Background: Functional health literacy includes the ability to receive information, comprehend its meaning, and put it into action. Patients’ health literacy level has been found to be a stronger correlate of health status than education level and other sociodemographic variables. Individuals with below basic/basic health literacy utilize the healthcare system more often and spend more [...]

Background: Increasingly, hospitalizations are becoming more complex and patients are frequently discharged from the hospital with new medical diagnoses, medications, and need for close follow up care (1,2). In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act published meaningful use rules for using the Electronic Health Record (EHR), which included that the [...]