The sixth meeting of the Roundtable on Health Literacy was the workshop on Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First. This meeting took place on Monday, March 17th, from 9 to 5, in the Lecture room of the National Academies of Science, at 2100 C St. NW . 

GOAL: To obtain information on the current status, barriers, and steps to be taken to facilitate eHealth strategies that incorporate needs of populations with low health literacy and language barriers.

OBJECTIVES:  To organize presentations to address the following questions:

1. What is the current status of communication technology, particularly electronic health records systems?
2. What are the challenges of communication technology use for populations with low health literacy?
3. What are strategies for increasing the benefit of these technologies for populations with low health literacy?

 To access PDFs of presentations, please click on the presenters' names.

9:00-9:15	Welcome and Overview	George Isham, Roundtable Chair
	Overview of the Issues
9:15-9:35	Overview of eHealth. 1. What is eHealth 2. What is the value of eHealth 3. Definitions and status of: Internet use for health Personal Health Records Electronic clinical use (e.g., monitoring)	Janet Marchibroda, eHealth Initiative and eHealth Foundation
9:35-9:55	Skills Essential for eHealth 1. What is eHealth literacy? 2. What fundamental skills are needed to benefit from eHealth?	Cameron D. Norman, University of Toronto
9:55-10:15	Communication Inequalities and eHealth—challenges for populations with low health literacy and limited English proficiency	Anthony Rodgers, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
10:30-11:00	Discussion
	Outcomes and Challenges—Some Examples

Each panelist will discuss the project in which they are engaged, describing both outcomes achieved and the challenges 
encountered in addressing low health literacy or language barriers to the use of eHealth approaches.

11:00-11:20	Internet Approaches for eHealth in Low Literacy/LEP populations	Rita Kukafka, Columbia University
11:20-11:40	My HealtheVet	Kim Nazi, Veterans Health Administration
11:40-12:00	Discussion	Cynthia Solomon, Medical Management Resources
1:00-3:30	Mivia	Dawn Gauthier, PeaceHealth
1:20-2:00	PeaceHealth
2:00-2:20	Observations from the Exam Room: Patient-Centered HIT Implementation in Diverse Practice Settings	Joshua Seidman, Center for Information Therapy
2:20-2:50	Discussion
3:15-3:35	A Guide for Developing and Purchasing Successful HIT	Cindy Brach, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3:35-4:00	Discussion
4:00-4:30	Strategies for Integration	Linda Harris and Charles Friedman, Department of Health and Human Services
4:30-5:00	Discussion
5:00	Adjourn