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When patients and families build partnerships with their health care team – such as doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and clinic staff - to improve health care, everyone benefits! This guide will help you decide if you want to partner with your health care team as...
Patient Activation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identified six key focus areas to measure effective patient and family engagement in clinical practice. The intent of this metric is to use a standard method to measure a patient’s activation, which is the level of a “patient’s knowledge, skills, ability, and willingness to manage his or her own health and care.”
Related Resources
June 2017
PCPCC
April 2017
This toolkit outlines six steps for creating a practice culture that emphasizes and incorporates the patient and family perspective in every aspect of care, and a 30-day kick-start plan maps out concrete actions that can be taken within the next month.
PCPCC
November 2016
In November 2016, PCPCC offered a special one-day training for patient advisors, family caregivers and their clinician partners. This page contains presentation slides from the sessions, and highlight tools and strategies for implementing patient and family engagement strategies.
PCPCC
August 2016
This tool is intended to help healthcare organizations improve patient engagement in care redesign. It contains customizable tools and templates for teams and patients working together on quality improvement initiatives. Free registration is required to use the toolkits provided on HIPxChange.
Health Innovation Program, University of Wisconsin
June 2016
Below are resources from seminars and trainings, for PAC staff, leaders, and patient advisors at San Francisco Health Network Primary Care. Find more additional information here!
San Francisco Department of Public Health
May 2016
Turn-key implementation guide and presentation slides to start a patient and family advisory council.
Bon Secours Virginia Health System
May 2016
This article includes lessons learned, best practices and suggested ways pediatricians can foster these partnerships to enhance outcomes for the children they care for and their families.
New Jersey Pediatrics
March 2016
This change packet was originally created as a guide for practices participating in the Transforming Clinical Practies Initiative. It outlines tangible steps to meet TCPI goals, which align with Quality Payment Program standards.
CMS
March 2016
Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
February 2016
We believe that working with you to improve care at our practice will make the changes made better meet the needs of all our patients and their families. We invite you to consider becoming a Patient or Family Improvement Partner. Sharing your ideas, experience, and opinions helps us think about...
Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
February 2016
This is a template that your practice, clinic, or hospital can use to engage patient and family advisors.
Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
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