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Strengthening Patient-Family Engagement Amidst A Pandemic: Lessons Learned And Paths Forward, Kyle J. Rehder, Shannon Haney, Jan Freeman, Aaron West
Strengthening Patient-Family Engagement Amidst A Pandemic: Lessons Learned And Paths Forward, Kyle J. Rehder, Shannon Haney, Jan Freeman, Aaron West
Patient Experience Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic was highly disruptive to healthcare and negatively affected healthcare worker and patient experience on multiple levels. Patient Family Advisors serve an important role in partnering with health systems to improve patient experience, yet the work of many volunteer programs were interrupted by the onset of the pandemic, at a time when integrating patient voice into care delivery was sorely needed. This case study presents one health system’s experience adapting a system-wide Patient Family Advisory program in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the transition to a virtual format and increased flexibility in how Patient Family Advisors …