Advances: Collaboration with Patients and Families to Improve Quality and Patient Safety (2003)
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Collaboration with Patients and Families to Improve Quality and Patient Safety
Table of Contents
- Definition of Patient and Family-Centered Care
- The Medical Home-Improving Primary Care for Children with Special Needs
- Ensuring Quality in Cancer Care through Collaboration with Patients and Families
- Quality Improvement Initiatives with Families Affected by HIV
- Partnerships for Patient Safety: Profiles of Four Hospitals
In recent years, a variety of health care organizations have become increasingly aware of the connection among three factors: patient and family collaboration in health care, improvements in health care quality, and increased patient safety. The articles feature innovative programs across a variety of health care settings that build collaboration among patients, families, and health care providers in program and policy development, quality improvement, design planning, and program evaluation.