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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Ways_To_Learn_More_508.pdf
October 28, 2009 - your hospital
• Quality improvement
• Patient safety
• Working with patients and families as … Its Web site has information to help patients, families,
clinicians, leaders, and others make informed … Engagement :: 6
Working with patients and families as advisors
A Patient and Family Advisory Council … Council that empowers families to take part in their loved ones’ health
care experiences. … between patients, families, and
their health care providers and promotes patient and family advocacy
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/staff-info-poster.pdf
June 02, 2025 - We are using two new tools to help patients and their families prepare for their appointments. … one at registration or in the exam
room and explain how to use it.
§ Offer to help the patient or family … member complete the card.
§ Stock the exam rooms with Patient Note Sheets and a pen. … These tools help patients and their families:
§ Prepare to be engaged in their health care appointment … Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care
Acrobat Accessibility
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_10_PrvcyConfdn_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 10)
Guide to Patient and Family … Engagement
Confidentiality Statement for [insert hospital
name] Advisors
As a patient and family … As a patient and family advisor, you may have access to protected health information about our patients … facility, and it cannot be shared in any
written, verbal, or email communications with friends or family
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/methods.html
March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Methods … of Contents
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families … members. … members, and lay caregivers. … Identification of interventions to engage patients and families in primary care settings.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/opennotes-1.pdf
May 01, 2016 - It also
encourages patients to share information on their care plan
with others, including family members … – Engage patients – use the note as a gateway
for improved communication with patients and
family members … unexpected benefit for patients who rely
on family members to assist them in understanding
their health … and health care, particularly when the
family members cannot accompany the patients
on visits. … family members with their
notes to help them understand their plan of care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/faqs-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Questions: The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families … The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by
Engaging Patients and Families … For example, engaging patients and families can help reduce emergency department
visits and hospital … member or friend.
� Ask another member of the healthcare team to explain.
� Take a break or schedule … It helps to build relationships and
includes the patients and their family members as part of the team
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/assisted-living-booster.html
July 01, 2022 - These materials include booster clinic guidance for assisted living providers and sample letters for family … Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Technicians, Support staff, Residents, Family … Members
Format: Webpage
Publication Date: October 6, 2021
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/discuss-concerns.html
June 01, 2021 - Try using the DESC technique when conflicts develop with residents and/or their family members. … members about several different topics. … Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics (PDF, 216.3 KB)
Poster – Talking … With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (PDF, 115 KB)
Poster – Talking With … Residents and Family Members About Respiratory Tract Infections (PDF, 117.3 KB)
Poster – DESC Technique
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/implications.html
March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Implications … : Patient Safety in Primary Care Continues To Evolve
The fields of patient safety and patient and family … members are actively engaged in other projects within the fields of patient safety and patient and family … to intervention and Guide development should yield sustainable processes and practices for patients, family … members, providers, and practices to adopt to improve patient safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/cahps-ambulatory-care-guide-section-5.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Stakeholders can include patients and their family
members, physicians, nurses, other clinical personnel … member. … Go through the experience just as the patient and family member
would. … Finally, between the two of you (patient and family member), make a
list of any issues you identified … But family
members and patients rarely understand professional turf boundaries.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_4_Letters_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 4)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement … Advisory Council Applicants
Dear [insert name],
I am pleased to invite you to join the [patient and family … liaison or key contact name, position title, and contact information]
Guide to Patient and Family … Council Applicants
Dear [insert name],
Thank you for your interest in joining the [insert patient and family … We appreciate your desire to
improve the care experience for our patients and families.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/corbett.html
August 01, 2017 - Member, and Clinician Perceptions of Disclosure of Adverse Events in Labor and Delivery
Patient Safety … The 10 stakeholder focus groups included: patients and family members from urban hospitals (n=11); patients … and family members from rural hospitals (n=6); primary care ambulatory physicians and hospitalist physicians … Finally, in regard to competency, focus groups with patients and family members confirmed that the information … Stakeholders noted that patients and family members frequently lack the knowledge, education, or competency
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apv1b.html
June 01, 2010 - Outcome Measures)
4
3
3
5
15
Adult mental health consumers; similar item for youths and families … "; survey includes item specific to family. … with severe mental illness
Satisfaction with relationships with parents, siblings, and other relatives … Experience Survey
3
3
3
3
12
Families of children receiving HCBS
VII. … Survey
3
4
3
5
15
Families with at least one child with an intellectual disability
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/involving-patients-families-in-safety-slides.pdf
July 25, 2023 - Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA
President and CEO
Stratis Health
Lisa Juliar,
Director of Patient and Family … • How do we go about implementing patient and family
engagement? … a rural emergency
department
25
Co-design
Use existing structures whenever possible:
•Patient Family … to partner with them
through a new venue- CAB
• The organizations included the
residents and family … /www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage.html
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - Having bed side shift report, with the family members engaged, is a great way to be sure that we're addressing … All of these elements have a key message, and that's that patients, and their family members, can effectively … It's about doing things with patients and families not for or to them. … Also supporting family presence, it's important that we recognize that family members are not visitors … Maybe a patient has had a catheter, or a family member who has worked with a loved one that had a catheter
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene.html
June 01, 2021 - ): Nursing Assistants; Nursing Technicians; Support staff; Clinicians; Clinical Leaders; Managers; Family … Members; Residents
Format: Webpage
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_15-p002-ef.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Measures: Family Experiences with Care Coordination measure set (FECC)
Measures: Family Experiences … Evidence Base for Focus of the Measures
Comprehensive, well-coordinated care improves patient and family … medical complexity is likely to improve many
aspects of care received by these children and their families … ● These survey-based indicators measure care coordination in a family-centered way. … This process ensured understandability of survey
items by families.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/CHIPRA_15-P002-EF-revised.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Measures: Family Experiences With Care Coordination Measure Set (FECC)
Measures: Family Experiences … Evidence Base for Focus of the Measures
Comprehensive, well-coordinated care improves patient and family … medical complexity is likely to improve many
aspects of care received by these children and their families … ● These survey-based indicators measure care coordination in a family-centered way. … This process ensured
understandability of survey items by families.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_4_Letters_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 4)
Strategy 1: Working With Patients … name],
I am pleased to invite you to join the [patient and family advisory council or name of the council … (Tool 4)
O Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1 … Council Applicants
Dear [insert name],
Thank you for your interest in joining the [insert patient and family … We appreciate your desire to improve the care experience for our patients and families.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/findings.html
August 01, 2022 - Analysis of focus group and survey data revealed that patients and their family members tended to agree … The highest correlation in patient/family member and clinician responses was found in regard to failures … This planning grant intended to improve communication between patients/family members and providers through … members, care providers, pharmacists, and lawyers. … , apologizing, and having early discussions with patients or families about compensation.