The Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care, a non-profit organization founded in 1992, takes pride in providing essential leadership to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care. By promoting collaborative, empowering relationships among patients, families, and health care professionals, the Institute facilitates patient- and family-centered change in all settings where individuals and families receive care and support.
The Institute also serves as a central resource for policy makers, administrators, program planners, direct service providers, educators, design professionals, and patient and family leaders.
Nationally and internationally recognized for leadership in promoting organizational change, the Institute received the 2009 Picker Award for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care, presented at the International Society for Quality in Health Care meeting in Dublin, Ireland.
Specialties
patient- and family-centered care, seminars, conferences, webinars, training and technical assistance, information and referral, profiles of change, bibliography and article review
