We invite you to register for our "The Art of the Possible: An IPFCC Leadership Series,” inaugural webinar, "Straight Talk - What Matters Most," where you'll have the unique opportunity to hear from Liz Crocker, IPFCC Board Member and co-author of "Privileged Presence," and Sherry B. Perkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, President of Anne Arundel Medical Center and Chief of Hospital Integration at Luminus Health. 

Explore January's Pinwheel Pages to register for IPFCC’s next Informal Conversation, Establishing and Expanding Your Patient and Family Resource Center, and discover various useful and inspiring resources.

Kind regards,

The IPFCC Team

The Art of the Possible: An IPFCC Leadership Series

Straight Talk - What Matters Most 

January 30, 2025 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

Are you interested in a program of provocative conversations for these challenging times? Do you wonder how leaders manifest their values and manage uncertainty and complexity? 

On January 30, 2025, IPFCC will launch "The Art of the Possible: An IPFCC Leadership Series."

Liz Crocker lives in Nova Scotia and is an IPFCC Board Member and co-author of Privileged Presence. In this series, Liz will facilitate several informed and important conversations with a variety of leaders who have influenced health care and who have been champions for patient- and family-centered values and have made change when it has mattered. Learn about the mentors and circumstances which have shaped these leaders. Listen to their greatest challenges. Hear both their cautions and encouraging advice for the future. 

For the inaugural webinar, Liz will interview Sherry B. Perkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, President of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Luminus Health Chief of Hospital Integration. The title of their conversation is "Straight Talk - What Matters Most."

The Leadership Series webinars will be an hour in length and will provide opportunity for participants to ask questions.  

Fee for this live and recorded webinar is $60 USD with a 50% discount for all employees and PFAs from Pinwheel Hospitals and Health Systems.

Upcoming PFCC.Connect Informal Conversation

February 25, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Join IPFCC for our next Informal Conversation, Establishing and Expanding Your Patient and Family Resource Center. Patients and families rely on Resource Centers in hospitals and clinics to access important information, support services, and educational programs related to their health and social needs. Center staff provide assistance in helping patients and families in effectively navigate the health system, understand their diagnosis and condition to make informed decisions, and receive appropriate support.

Share Your PFAC and PFA Annual Reports

Annual reports for patient and family advisory programs are important to document their impact, share successes, and promote sustainability. View IPFCC's list of Patient and Family Advisory Program Annual Reports.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital shared their 2024 Annual Report featuring their eight Patient and Family Advisory Councils. Read the report.

Apply Now for DAISY Foundation Grants

The DAISY Foundation has given over $900,000 in grants to nurses for research, evidence-based practice projects, and medical missions. Applications for various grant programs are now open. More information including goals, guidelines, previous grants funded, application forms, and deadlines can be found here.

Profiles of Better Together Exemplar Hospitals

Hospitals and health systems share key steps and strategies in the process of changing the policy from viewing families as "visitors" to families as partners. Learn more here.

Q&A About the Importance of Working with PFACs

In this Betsy Lehman Center Patient Safety Beat interview with Dr. Sundeep "Sunny" Shukla, the importance of working with PFACs and the community and the impact that their perspectives have on improvement are discussed. A short video of Dr. Shukla is included. Access the article.

Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts

The Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts is a strategic plan to break new ground on safety through investment and change management. The Massachusetts Health Care Safety and Quality Consortium set these five goals for driving measurable improvement in reducing harm events.

2025 IPFCC PINWHEEL SPONSORSHIP – Renew, Upgrade, or Join Now! 

Your support as a Pinwheel Sponsor assists IPFCC in continuing our work to transform health care by developing and sustaining meaningful partnerships with patients and families in all settings. Pinwheel Sponsor organizations gain national and international visibility for your commitment to patient- and family-centered care. Sponsors may join Bev Johnson for the February 12th Pinwheel Leadership Forum and collaborate with other Pinwheel leaders, discuss specific PFCC issues on a one-hour connection call with our staff, and also receive discounts on IPFCC events and resources. 

We invite you to renew, upgrade, or join today by completing the online Pinwheel Sponsor Application. If you need more information, please contact Sherry Hajec at shajec@ipfcc.org.

Thank You to Our 2025 Pinwheel Sponsor Renewals!

Akron Children’s Hospital

Children’s Specialized Hospital

IWK Health Centre

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

University of Miami Health System

Wellstar MCG