JMIR Publications, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 3(2), p. e35, 2014
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3250
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In order to take medications safely and effectively, individuals need to be able to see, read, and understand the medication labels. However, one-half of medication labels are currently misunderstood, often because of low literacy, low vision, and cognitive impairment. We sought to design a mobile tool termed ClereMed that could rapidly screen for adults who have difficulty reading or understanding their medication labels.