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Condition Help: 10 Years Of Experience Enhancing Our Culture Of Family Engagement, Andrew Mccormick, Catherine Polak, Michael Fox, Michele Carlson, Charles Guthrie, Michael Decker, Diane Hupp, Gabriella Butler, Andrew Urbach
Condition Help: 10 Years Of Experience Enhancing Our Culture Of Family Engagement, Andrew Mccormick, Catherine Polak, Michael Fox, Michele Carlson, Charles Guthrie, Michael Decker, Diane Hupp, Gabriella Butler, Andrew Urbach
Patient Experience Journal
“Condition Help” is a family activated rapid response team designed to enhance a partnership between providers and the family. Calling a “Condition Help” results in the rapid arrival of a response team (physician, nurse administrator and patient representative) that assesses the clinical status, listens to families’ concerns and promotes communication to move clinical care forward. “Condition Help” has been an active program for the last 10 years at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) and has assisted in the care of 608 patient encounters. This article outlines the experience gained using this vital program, summarizes …
Integrating The Patient And Caregiver Voice In The Context Of Pediatric, Adolescent, And Young Adult Care: A Family-Centered Approach, Sarah K. Featherston, Beatriz N. Rozo, Danielle A. Buzanga, Alexandra M. Garcia, Joanne Greene, Laura K. Salvador, Joan O'Hanlon-Curry
Integrating The Patient And Caregiver Voice In The Context Of Pediatric, Adolescent, And Young Adult Care: A Family-Centered Approach, Sarah K. Featherston, Beatriz N. Rozo, Danielle A. Buzanga, Alexandra M. Garcia, Joanne Greene, Laura K. Salvador, Joan O'Hanlon-Curry
Patient Experience Journal
Family-centered care (FCC) is defined as an approach to care coordination founded in collaborative partnerships between healthcare providers, patients and their family caregivers. Amid the enthusiasm for FCC in the pediatric setting, opportunities have been identified to operationalize the engagement of pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients and their caregivers into decision making that translates not only to their healthcare, but also to the context in which care is provided, as well as the research informing their care. At a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, the Children’s Cancer Hospital was instrumental in designing and implementing patient and family engagement …