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Improving Communication to Improve Care

Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Memorial Hospital

Throughout the U.S., many children (and adults) die each year due to medical errors. Ineffective communication can result in poorly documented or lost medical information, and mistakes can be made with the failure to understand patients’ or families’ perspectives. This grant is aimed at optimizing communication between healthcare professionals and patients. By eliminating inefficient communication, a model of family-centered care rather than a provider-centered approach will allow for an environment with true collaboration, better exchange of ideas and shared decision-making. Specifically, R Baby Foundation funds the training to promote better communication, reduce medical errors and save lives beginning in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and the Gagnon Pediatric Emergency Department.
 

FIRST YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
The Patient and Family Centered Care Initiative at the Goryeb Children’s Hospital has created more effective communication between parents and the clinical team. In the long run it will reduce the number of medical errors and save lives. Parents are excited about the changes and recognize that this is producing better care for their babies. It is understood that medicine cannot treat patients without family members being integrally involved and without doctors and nurses who respect family members.
 

Published Findings
& Other Documents

Evaluation Form for CEU's FCC
[261k/doc] posted: July 27, 2009

Goryeb Children's Hospital Year Two Goals
[27k/doc] posted: August 03, 2009

Institute for Family Centered Care
[3,508k/pdf] posted: August 06, 2009

Atlantic Health Mission and Vision Statements
[4,009k/doc] posted: August 09, 2009

Partnering with Patients and Families in the PICU and Pediatric Emergency Department
[3,261k/ppt] posted: August 25, 2009

The 4th International Conference PFCC: Families as Partners in Care
[1,402k/pdf] posted: August 25, 2009