September 2007 Archives
Welcome! Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) is about empowering you and your family by arming you with the information and providing you with the environment you need to be an active participant in your care. It can be as simple as you and your doctor collaborating on how different treatment options might fit into YOUR life. Or it might mean creating a physical space that enables your loved ones to support you during a hospital stay, with comfortable chairs, accessible coffee, and internet access or televisions.
This blog is where PFCC concepts meet real patient experiences and examples of PFCC reshaping health care delivery. At some point in their lives, everyone has been a patient or the family member of a patient. We all have different needs on our individual journey to wellness. With this in mind, we want to know: