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New Items from the Institute for Family-Centered Care
The Institute for Family-Centered Care (IFCC) is making available 
several “Top Ten” lists that you may wish to use in your respective campaigns.
They include:
For Providers: Patients and Families as Advisors – Aimed at health care professionals, these suggestions are meant to encourage providers to incorporate patient- and family-centered care values into their practice.
For Consumers: Patients and Families as Partners – Aimed at family members, this list provides suggestion on how consumers can determine if their health care provider embraces patient- and family-centered care.
Top Ten Advisory Roles - Aimed at patients and family members, this list is meant to encourage consumers to actively participate in health care change.
Top Ten to Ensure Quality Care - Aimed at patient and family members, this list suggests how they can become partners in their own health care and ensure quality outcomes.
Quality Indicators of an Effective Provider - This list helps identify quality health care providers who embrace patient- and familycentered
care.
The index is arranged by topic and includes information in the following areas:
- Across the Board Quality Issues
- Chronic Disease
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Diabetes
- Home Health Care
- Hospital Care
- Medical Education
- Medical Errors
- Miscellaneous
- Nursing Home Care
- Patient Safety
- Quality Information & Improvement
- Quality of Care
