The Patient Preferences Passport is a user-friendly tool patients can use to take ownership of their care. Additionally, the guide outlines how to effectively implement the tool in practice settings.
Patient and family engagement strategies in 10 minutes or less. Six learning modules serve as a "starter track" for primary care practice transformation.
Get Started Here! PCPCC Bite Size Learning Modules
The National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home Is a national technical assistance center focused strengthening the system of services for children and youth with special health care needs and their families by enhancing the patient/family-centered medical home.
This learning module provides an overview of Patient and Family Advisory Councils and outlines the steps for creating one. A number of templates councils can use are provided, and 0.5 CME credits are available upon completion.
This guide provides strategies for leaders to promote culture changes in patient and family engagement. While hospital focused, it is applicable to ambulatory practice.
American Hospital Association, Health Research & Educational Trust
This comprehensive document contains programs, practices and research to support the integration of patient and family engagement, and specific strategies for Patient and Family Advisory Councils.
National Academy of Medicine Patient & Family Council Leadership Network
This easy to use, interactive PDF contains a vision for patient and family engagement in health care, a set of 8 change strategies, tactics and milestones and simple actions to take today.
American Institute for Research, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Be Prepared To Be Engaged toolkit will help patients and their families prepare for and become more fully engaged in their medical appointments—to be ready for the appointment, to speak up, to ask questions, to take notes. Tools are also available for clinicians and practice staff to...
These presentation slides contain an overview of the history and positive impact of patient and family engagement within primary care practices and examples of successful patient and family advisory councils.
This guide outlines how practices can involve patient and family advisors in the Choosing Wisely implementation, which helps patients ask questions and make informed decisions.
This four minute video provides a overview of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, and how it can improve our healthcare system for both patients and providers.
These downloadable resources can be used by clinicians to educate patients about Choosing Wisely, which helps patients ask questions and make informed decisions. Several of these items can be placed in waiting or exam rooms or given to patients as handouts.