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Demographic Characteristics Among Members Of Patient Family Advisory Councils At A Pediatric Health System., Amanda Montalbano, Sheryl Chadwick, Deejo Miller, Kathryn Taff, Evelyn Donis De Miranda, Kimberly Pina, Andrea Bradley-Ewing

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Patient Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) are groups of patients, families, and clinical health system leaders collaborating to improve the quality, safety, and experience of care. Best practices encourage PFAC membership to reflect the diversity of the communities served. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September 2019 to January 2020 collecting demographic characteristics of the members of a pediatric health system's 17 PFACs. Of the 93 respondents (71.5%), notable inequities were racial (4.8% adult PFAC members vs. 17.4% patients were Black) and financial (adult PFAC median annual income was >$100,000 compared to the community median $77,589). The governing family advisory board …