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Upcoming Informal Conversation:
Across North America and Beyond:
Learning from our Canadian Colleagues
March 19th, 2026
12-1 pm EST
The upcoming Informal Conversation, "Across North America and Beyond: Learning from our Canadian Colleagues," will be held on March 19th from 12-1 pm EST. It will be co-presented by Kathryn Proudfoot, MSc, RD, Senior Director Patient and Family Partnerships & Experience, Quality, Safety, and Experience at the Provincial Services Health Authority in British Columbia and Marie McNaughton, MEd, Family and Youth Engagement Coordinator, Patient and Family Centred Care Team at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.
Topics will include a patient and family engagement framework, patient safety, patient engagement in hiring panels, and advisory councils.
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Thank You to Our PFCC.Connect Sponsors | |
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Meritorious Service Medal Awarded to Liz Crocker |
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IPFCC is thrilled to announce that Liz Crocker, Vice Chair of the IPFCC Board of Directors is being awarded the prestigious Meritorious Service Medal by Canada’s Governor General in Ottawa on March 18th. She is being recognized for her pioneering work establishing Halifax's Discovery Centre alongside long-time Dalhousie physics professor Dr. Gerhard Stroink. Dr. Richard Goldbloom, formerly Chief of Pediatrics and Director of Research at IWK Hospital for Children, has died but will be receiving the Medal posthumously. Liz’s many IPFCC friends and colleagues know her work as a tireless advocate for children and families, an inspiring seminar faculty member, the lead author for Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care, and a founding owner of Woozles, the oldest children’s bookstore in Canada.
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INSPIRE's Community Engagement Assessment & Practice Library |
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IPFCC is pleased to be part of the INSPIRE team that developed a new resource to help organizations access customized guidance on building and sustaining authentic partnerships with people with lived experience. The resource is grounded in real-world examples of successful partnerships between organizations & communities across the country. | |
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Resources and Opportunities | | |
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The Sankofa Infant Mental Health History Project
The Sankofa Infant Mental Health (IMH) History Project™ is a multi-year effort led by the Indigo Cultural Center, focused on retrieving the healing and relational wisdom from our pasts, cultures, and communities and telling a fuller history of IMH. A film has been produced, and the fee starts at $35.
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Black Patients Co-Designing Cancer Screening Campaign at Alameda Health System |
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Black Patients Co-Designing Cancer Screening Campaign at Alameda Health System Through the Black Patient Care Initiative (BPCI), the Alameda Health System (AHS) piloted this novel approach to center patient voices. With a focus on developing a cancer screening campaign, AHS gave BPCI’s patients and community members co-design and co-decision-making authority, weighted their votes, and ensured they had the final say on matters related to patient experience.
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PFAC Statewide Impact Report |
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The Betsy Lehman Center’s first annual report on the impact of Patient and Family Advisory Councils in Massachusetts is now available! The report is a significant step in the Center’s work to reinvigorate the statewide PFAC program and engage patients and families in health care safety. Read about common themes, challenges and accomplishments in the 2025 report. | |
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Submit Your Annual Report
Annual reports for patient and family centered care programs and advisory councils are important to document their impact and promote sustainability. View our list of Patient and Family Advisory Program Annual Reports. If you are interested in having your PFA annual report included, please send it to institute@ipfcc.org.
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CMS Patient Safety Structural Measures
The CMS PSSM is now located on the CDC website. Beginning April 1, 2026, hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and the Prospective Payment System (PPS)-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Programs will be asked to post their PSSM data on the portal.
It is expected that the portal will only be open for six weeks.
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2026 IPFCC PINWHEEL SPONSORSHIP
We invite you to renew, upgrade, or join as a Pinwheel Sponsor today by completing the online Pinwheel Sponsor Application. If you need more information, please contact Liz Hansen at ehansen@ipfcc.org.
Pinwheel Sponsor designated leads will receive complimentary registration for our quarterly Pinwheel Sponsor Leadership Forum, an informal discussion among these leaders about current challenges, successes, and related strategies.
They also receive 10% discount on IPFCC publications and event registrations, and increased visibility for their leadership in PFCC.
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Thank you to our sponsors! |
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University Health
Kaiser Permanente
Health System
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hospital/Organization
Akron Children’s Hospital
American College of Radiology
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Children’s Specialized Hospital
IWK Health Centre
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
MHA Keystone
Moffitt Cancer Center
Nationwide Children’s
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital
University of Miami Health System
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