Pinwheel Pages - December 2017, Issue 108

December 2017
Issue 108

IPFCC Events

IPFCC is pleased to announce our plenary speakers, confirmed to date, for the 8th International Conference:

Dr. Leana Wen, Commissioner of Health
Baltimore City Health Department - Baltimore, Maryland
Julia Lanham, Patient and Family Advocate, Sickle Cell Community Advisory Board
Carolinas HealthCare System - North Carolina
Dr. Sarah Wakeman, Medical Director, Substance Use Disorders Initiative; Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tamela Milan-Alexander, Partnership and Outreach Worker
Healthy Start Community Action Network - Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Chief Health Officer
Sidewalk Labs' Care Lab - New York City, New York

Learn more and register

	June 11-13, 2018 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Baltimore, MD
	With leadership support from	With program support from

Upcoming Webinars

Engaging Patients and Families in Mental Health Settings
January 11
Creating and Sustaining Patient and Family Advisory Councils
Registration Coming Soon!
January 16

PFCC in the Field

IPFCC is partnering with the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) as part of its Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI) Support Alignment Network (SAN).
This section brings stories from the field, from this initiative and others, right to your inbox.

Building on Hospital Experience to Support Advisors in Ambulatory Settings

Emory Healthcare (EHC), located in Atlanta, GA, has a decade of experience in engaging patients and families to influence culture change in its six hospitals. Now, EHC is using that experience to support the development of PFAs and PFACs in the system’s ambulatory settings.
Read more

Resources and Opportunities

Join the Community!

Do you want to advance patient- and family-centered care in your organization but don’t know where to start? PFCC.Connect is IPFCC's new and improved FREE online learning community for anyone interested in PFCC.Connect with, learn from, and share ideas with others. With over 1500 members and growing, we encourage you to become a member and urge your colleagues and peers to join. Patient and family advisors in all settings of care are especially invited to become part of this exciting community.

Feature Spotlight: Complete your profile and automatically find other PFCC.Connect members
with similar interests under “My Connections” > “Networks”

If you were a previous PFACNetwork member and need assistance logging in to the new site, please contact Annette Lee at alee@ipfcc.org or at (301) 652-0281.

Patients Contributing to Their Doctors' Notes: Insights from Expert Interviews

The November 14, 2017 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine includes an article titled, "Patients Contributing to Their Doctors' Notes: Insights from Expert Interviews." The interviews, conducted with health care experts, provided input to design pilot interventions of OurNotes with patients at four sites across the country.
Read an abstract of the article

IPFCC at Work

Introducing New IPFCC Staff — Pam Dardess and Cara Coleman

Pam joins IPFCC as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Operations and will assist with IPFCC’s strategic planning and also be involved in consultation and training for other organizations. Prior to coming to IPFCC, Pam was a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) where her work focused on stakeholder engagement.

At IPFCC, Cara serves as the Patient and Family Partnerships Specialist for IPFCC’s PCORI-funded “Strengthening Diversity in Research Partnerships: Knowledge to Action” project. Cara also works as a Family Leader with other organizations, bringing her experience as the parent of Justice Hope, her daughter who had special healthcare needs.

Learn more about all of IPFCC's team

From all of us at IPFCC, we wish you and your families
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year!
We can't wait to see what 2018 has in store!

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