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www.ahrq.gov/news/cahps-webcast.html
August 01, 2025 - September 18: Strengthening Partnerships with Patients and Families to Assess and Improve the Experience … of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program will focus on the integral role of patients and families … related to the following questions: How can creative participatory design methods strengthen patient and family … What collaborative roles can patients and families play to better capture their healthcare experiences … healthcare teams most effectively focus on the healthcare experiences that matter most to patients and families
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-engage-hospitalized-elderly-patients-and-their-families-advance-care-planning
November 21, 2016 - Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning. … Resources From the Same Author(s)
The relationship between organizational culture and family … December 4, 2016
Patients' and family members' views on how clinicians enact and how … November 28, 2016
Family participation during intensive care unit rounds: goals and expectations … Open disclosure of adverse events to patients and their families.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/index.html
June 01, 2025 - This guide encourages hospital patients and family members to be involved in their care. … quality of care: Encourage patients and family members to participate as advisors. … Promote better communication among patients, family members, and health care professionals from the point … Engage patients and families in discharge planning throughout the hospital stay. … Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families offers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-attitudes-toward-family-activated-medical-emergency-teams-hospitalized-children
April 06, 2012 - members to directly activate medical emergency teams (METs). … Even though the majority of physicians said they depend on families to identify subtle changes in their … child's condition, 93% of respondents reported that families should not be able to access the MET directly … , and the belief that this responsibility could provide an undue burden and stress on family members … Members and Caregivers
Critical Care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-relating-family-members-involvement-and-understandings-about-patients
June 16, 2021 - Study
Communication relating to family members' involvement and understandings about … Communication relating to family members' involvement and understandings about patients' medication management … This interview study examined how family members participated in medication management for hospitalized … patients taking five or more medications and found that communication between family members and health … The authors advocate for providers to proactively engage in discussions with family members as they can
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/guide.docx
March 01, 2017 - TeamSTEPPS© Tools
· Slides 9–21
· Video 1.4: Communication Tools
Communicating With Residents and Family … Members
· Slides 23–26
· Video 1.2: Communication and Engaging the Family
Addressing Challenges and … Topic: Communicating With Residents and Family Members
Method: Have staff sit in groups of three or … members? … Ask staff about the best way to transparently inform the resident’s family about what happened.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/full-disclosure-adverse-events-patients-and-families-icu-wouldnt-you-want-know
May 26, 2021 - Commentary
Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: … Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know? … how nurses followed Canadian Disclosure Guidelines in disclosing sentinel events to patients and families … Full disclosure of adverse events to patients and families in the ICU: wouldn't you want to know? … September 18, 2019
Preventing sentinel events caused by family members.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-structure-attention-open-disclosure-adverse-events-patients-and-their-families
March 04, 2009 - Open disclosure of adverse events to patients and their families. … March 4, 2009
Patients' and family members' experiences of open disclosure following … December 4, 2016
Patients' and family members' views on how clinicians enact and how … November 23, 2016
Improving the patient, family, and clinician experience after harmful … November 23, 2016
Patients' and family members' experiences of open disclosure following
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex11.html
July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Exhibit 11. … Skills, and Abilities
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Guide to Patient and Family … Description
Who is involved
Outcomes measured
Engaging and supporting patients and families … members to track medications and health records 190-192 , 195,196
Providing patients with daily … Accessing health information 182
Establishing an information resource center for patients and families
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/status-state.html
May 01, 2021 - Home Visits in Your State
Resource: Track the Status of Nursing Home Visits in Your State
Families … Source: AARP
Topic(s): Safe Operations; Visitation
Audience(s): Family Members; Visitors
Format
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-and-survey-methodology-based-design-web-based-adverse-event-reporting-system
January 12, 2012 - human factors and survey methodology-based design of a web-based adverse event reporting system for families … human factors and survey methodology-based design of a web-based adverse event reporting system for families … 2023
Keeping an eye on patient safety using human factors engineering (HFE): a family … Topic
General Hospitals
Quality and Safety Professionals
Information Professionals
Family … Members and Caregivers
General Internal Medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perspectives-patient-and-family-engagement-reduction-harm-forgotten-voice
December 01, 2011 - Patients and families enhance safety when invited to express concerns and provide feedback about … Qualitative interviews of hospital staff, patients, and families highlighted both patients' and families … 2011
Developing an intervention to reduce harm in hospitalized patients: patients and families … family understanding. … Members and Caregivers
Medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/communicating-decisions-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions
Communicating With … Patients and Families
About Antibiotic Decisions
Patients want to feel
HEARD1-3
• Say: “What … Communicating With
Patients and Families 2
AHRQ
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-do-patients-and-relatives-know-about-problems-and-failures-care
November 28, 2016 - What do patients and relatives know about problems and failures in care? … Interviews with patients and family members who had experienced a medical error revealed that patients … What do patients and relatives know about problems and failures in care? … members' views on how clinicians enact and how they should enact incident disclosure: the "100 patient … January 31, 2013
Patients' and families' perspectives of patient safety at the end of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/communicating-decisions-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety … Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions … Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Communicating With Patients and Families … Misconceptions About Antibiotic Prescribing
SAY:
A common scenario clinicians face is a patient or family … member requesting antibiotics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48101/psn-pdf
August 14, 2019 - Partnering with families and patient advocates: another
line of defense in adverse event surveillance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-families-and-patient-advocates-another-line-defense-adverse-event … -
surveillance
Having family members or patient advocates present during hospitalizations can help … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-families-and-patient-advocates-another-line-defense-adverse-event-surveillance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-families-and-patient-advocates-another-line-defense-adverse-event-surveillance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-partners-how-involve-patients-and-families-their-own-care
July 12, 2006 - Book/Report
Patients as Partners: How to Involve Patients and Families in Their Own … Citation Text:
Patients as Partners: How to Involve Patients and Families in Their Own Care. … November 23, 2016
Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered … The Topic
Health Care Providers
Health Care Executives and Administrators
Patients
Family … Members and Caregivers
Patient Self-Management
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866812/psn-pdf
September 25, 2024 - patient-perspectives-adverse-event-investigations-health-care
After an adverse event, the way hospitals involve families … plays a significant role in the families'
perspectives of the event. … In this study, patients and family members affected by a serious adverse event,
client (family) council … representatives, and one national representative shared their perspectives on
inclusion of patients and families … patient-perspectives-adverse-event-investigations-health-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/structuring-patient-and-family-involvement-medical-error-event-disclosure-and-analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mary-lanning-memorial-hospital-communication-key
July 16, 2015 - Related Resources
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, meaningful communication between family … November 23, 2016
Unexpected intraoperative patient death: the imperatives of family- … November 21, 2016
Patient- and family-centered care: error disclosure and investigation … November 21, 2016
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See More About The Topic
Hospitals
Family … Members and Caregivers
Patient Disclosure
Provider-Patient Communication
Culture of Safety
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st147/stat147.pdf
November 01, 2006 - members’ smoking status). … Respondents were
asked if each family member was Hispanic or Latino. … Respondents were also asked which race or races
best describes each family member. … Personal income from all family members was summed to create family income. … age of the head of family,
categories are defined as follows:
– Poor: Persons in families with income