Patient and Family Centered Care
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Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) is an approach to healthcare that offers a new way of thinking about the relationships between patients, their families, and healthcare providers. It is founded on the understanding that the family plays a vital role in ensuring the health and well-being of patients of all ages.The ultimate goal of PFCC is to create partnerships among healthcare practitioners, patients, and families that will lead to the best outcomes and enhance the quality and safety of healthcare. PFCC Four Key Principles
Establishing patient- and family-centered care requires a long-term commitment, and entails transforming the organizational culture. This approach to care is a journey, not a destination-one that requires continual exploration and evaluation of new ways to collaborate with patients and families. Partners in Care Advisory Council There is a nationwide movement to improve clinician-patient relationships, driven in part by consumer demand, and in part by the Institute of Medicine's groundbreaking 2001 report "Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century." This report advocates that healthcare organizations of all types should adopt PFCC concepts and methods. Nursing Change of Shift Report at the Bedside CICU Nursing Change of Shift Report at the Bedside
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PFCC focuses on treating patients and their family members as partners on the care team. Most of the national accrediting and policy agencies have adopted PFCC as a key to improving safety in hospitals. Family members often play key roles in patient safety. Advisory Council Objectives
Children's Services Advisory Board Partners in Care Advisory Board Membership Application * * * For more information on PFCC or the Partners in Care Advisory Council, please contact: Roseanna Ryan Resources Institute for Family-Centered Care Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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