October is Health Literacy Month, a time to remember the importance of clearly communicating health information to help keep patients safe. Below are some useful resources for health care provider organizations:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a variety of improvement tools, trainings and publications focused on improving health literacy skills
• CommunicateHealth publishes an informative and visually appealing weekly email newsletter, We Heart Health Literacy
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a three-part workshop series (recordings available) on the roles of trust and health literacy in achieving health equity
• The Community Health Literacy Project provides accurate and accessible health information factsheets in more than 35 languages