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The Canadian Family Advisory Network (CFAN) was formed in 2002 to link family advisory groups that are involved with pediatric acute care, rehabilitation, regions and hospices across Canada. Members have experience from across all health sectors and are a mix of family representatives and staff liaisons. CFAN encourages and facilitates the participation of families in making excellent, family-centered healthcare for children and youth a reality throughout Canada...

U.S. News & World Report has released its 20th annual list of the nation's Best Children's Hospitals, this year forgoing its traditional overarching best hospital list and instead creating an "Honor Roll" containing facilities that earned a spot on the top-30 lists for all ten specialties surveyed. Patient- and family-centered care is one of the many criteria used for measurement.

The just released The Handbook of Child Life ~ A Guide for Pediatric Psychosocial Care which features an entire chapter devoted to Family-Centered Care.

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Partnering with Patients and Families To Design a Patient- and Family-Centered Health Care System: Recommendations and Promising Practices


Partnering with Patients and Families to Design a Patient- and Family-Centered Health Care System: Recommendations and Promising Practices

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Upcoming Seminar
Hospitals and
Communities Moving
Forward with Patient-
and Family-Centered Care


An Intensive Training Seminar
Partnerships for
Quality & Safety


October 26-29, 2009
Hilton Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota


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With Leadership
Support From

University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital

University of Minnesota Medical Center

Profiles of Change

The Memorial Healthcare System
Serving South Florida.and beyond!

Memorial Healthcare System

Memorial Healthcare System, the fifth-largest public health care system in the country, consists of Memorial Regional Hospital, Memorial Regional Hospital South, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Memorial Hospital West, Memorial Hospital Miramar, Memorial Hospital Pembroke, Memorial Primary Care Centers, and numerous ancillary facilities.

On January 23, 2008, the Memorial Healthcare System took a significant step toward its vision of being a world-class model of safety, quality, service, and efficiency when its Board of Commissioners adopted a new Mission Statement:

The Memorial Healthcare System provides safe, quality, cost-effective, patient- and family- centered care regardless of one's ability to pay, with the goal of improving the health of the community it serves.

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The Patient- and Family-Centered Care model is based on the belief that health care can be improved by building more effective partnerships among health care providers, patients, and families. Read More..


International Conference

The 4th International Conference on Patient- and
Family-Centered Care

Philadelphia, PA ~ August 2009

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NEW! Exhibitors and Sponsors

The Institute for Family-Centered Care is gearing up for The 4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care to be held August 17-19, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. We are delighted to have leadership support from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

The 4th International Conference will include a wide array of exciting offerings. In addition to hearing keynote speakers and plenary sessions, participants will be able to choose from numerous cutting-edge breakout sessions. In addition to the Exhibit Hall and Resource Booth, the Conference features special events, receptions, networking breakfasts, special interest meetings, and outings. Read More...

Continuing Education Credits are available to conference participants. Read More...

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Webinars

The Institute is offering webinars on a variety of 'hot topics' as another educational opportunity to advance the practice of patient- and family-centered care. Read more

Upcoming Webinars:

Changing the View that
Families are Visitors-
Strategies that Support
Family Presence in
Newborn Intensive Care
and Pediatric Settings

Thursday July, 9, 2009
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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Excellence and
Innovation in
Partnering with Patients
and Families to Measure
Outcomes of Patient- and
Family-Centered Care

Wednesday, July 22, 2009
1:00-2:30 pm (EDT)
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Current webinar schedule


The 4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care
August 17-19, 2009
Philadelphia Marriott
Downtown

Philadelphia, PA

A Special Thanks to
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
and the
University of Pennsylvania Health System

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