The 7th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care : Partnerships in Care, Interprofessional Education, and Research

The 7th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care : Partnerships in Care, Interprofessional Education, and Research is organized by Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care and would be held during Jul 25 - 27, 2016 at New York Marriott Marquis, New York, United States of America. Learning Objectives :

• Gain understanding of patient- and family-centered care and how it can be applied to all settings across the continuum of care to enhance quality, safety, and the experience of care.
• Identify strategies to support and sustain patient and family engagement and meaningful partnerships among patients, families, health care professionals, educators, and researchers.
• Define the roles of senior executives in providing leadership for patient- and family-centered change.
• Discusshow to integrate patient- and family-centered concepts in the education of health care professionals, research, quality improvement, risk management, patient safety, facility design, HIPAA and other privacy regulations, evaluation, and strategic planning.
• Explore patient- and family-centered approaches to address current priorities in health care—specifically, reducing readmissions, decreasing infections and preventable errors, improving medication management, providing safe care transitions, improving cost efficiency, and enhancing workforce capacity.
• Delineate patient- and family-centered best practices and related benefits, value, and outcomes