Name
Best Practice for Engaging Family in Healthcare: Actionable Recommendations for Stakeholders across the Healthcare System
Description

CFHA’s Family-Centered Care Workgroup developed a set of best practice recommendations to support stakeholders across the healthcare system in implementing family-centered approaches to care. This session will provide an overview of tangible action steps for every level of the healthcare system, including: clinicians across all disciplines and care delivery models (e.g., CoCM, PCBH), clinical administrators, medical and behavioral health educators, researchers, EHR developers, payors, and policymakers.

Speakers
Angela (Hiefner) Andrews, PhD
Michelle Dalton, PhD, LPC
Angela Lamson, PhD, LMFT
Melissa Welch
Jennifer Hodgson, PhD, LMFT
Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, MFT, CFLE
Lisa Tyndall, PhD, LMFT
Kelly Roberts
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Patient-centered care or Patient perspectives, Policy and Systems Change, Team-based care
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Define family-centered care and explain its benefits, supported by empirical evidence, in improving patient outcomes and care experiences.
Objective 2
Identify actionable strategies for implementing family-centered approaches across multiple stakeholders in the healthcare system.
Objective 3
Advocate for administrative, financial, and policy changes that promote the widespread adoption of family-centered care across diverse healthcare systems and delivery models.
Content Reference 1

Kokorelias, K. M., Gignac, M. A. M., Naglie, G., & Cameron, J. I. (2019). Towards a universal model of family centered care: A scoping review. BMC Health Services Research, 19, 564. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4394-5

Content Reference 2

McDaniel, S., Campbell, T. L., Hepworth, J., & Lorenz, A. (2005). McDaniel, S. H., Campbell, T. L., Hepworth, J., & Lorenz, A. (2005). Family-oriented primary care (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.

Content Reference 3

Mendenhall, T., Lamson, A., Hodgson, J., & Baird, M. (Eds.). (2018). Clinical methods in medical family therapy. Focused Issues in Family Therapy Series. Springer Publishing Company.

Content Reference 4

Park, M., Giap, T. T. T., Lee, M., Jeong, H., Jeong, M., & Go, Y. (2018). Patient- and family-centered care interventions for improving the quality of health care: A review of systematic reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 87(July), 69–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.07.006

Content Reference 5

Pratt, K. J., Van Fossen, C. A., Utržan, D. S., & Berge, J. M. (2020). Family‐based prevention and intervention for child physical health conditions. The handbook of systemic family therapy, 2, 217-239.