Patient Advocacy Council
The Patient Advocacy Council represents a group of individuals committed to engaging with one another, sharing ideas and expanding the engagement of Patient Advocate Leaders in The Beryl Institute community.
View the CouncilPatient advocates bring knowledge to healthcare; they bring information, they bring comfort and understanding, they tackle tough issues, some painful, and work to resolve opportunities that elevate joy and hope.
We invite members of the Institute to join the Patient Advocacy Community to receive newsletters, notification of upcoming patient advocacy related events and to gain access to the Patient Advocacy Community discussion boards in PX Connect.
The Patient Advocacy Council represents a group of individuals committed to engaging with one another, sharing ideas and expanding the engagement of Patient Advocate Leaders in The Beryl Institute community.
View the CouncilThe Ruth Ravich Award recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions, dedication, leadership and loyal service to fellow Patient Advocates.
Learn MoreThe Body of Knowledge (BOK) is a community-developed framework with 14 domains capturing knowledge central to the field of patient experience.
In this mini-webinar, Dr. Liza DiLeo Thomas, Medical Director of Patient and Provider Advocacy, shares Ochsner Health’s “Caring Communication” model for providers. Learn how physicians can create trusting relationships with patients and families by following the three Ws.
This Patient Advocacy Community Connection Call focused on leader rounding as a follow-up to the webinar, Leader Rounding: A Proactive Approach to Improve Experience, held on October 10, 2023. *Please note: Calls do not provide patient experience education credit (PXE).
Listen as members of the Patient Advocacy Community (PAC) discuss the topic of supporting patient advocates. *Please note: Connection Calls do not provide patient experience education credit (PXE).
Connection Calls provide opportunity for networking and idea sharing with peers. In addition to a discussion on a pre-announced topic, each call includes time for general discussion on the issues relevant to the community.
Does your organization struggle with managing patient belongings? If so, join us for “Where are my things?”, an introduction to our latest publication highlighting best practices for safeguarding patient valuables and essential items in hospitals. This tutorial will provide you with a collection of tips and proven methods to apply in your organization to address
This webinar explores the impact of lost belongings on the patient, their families, and your organization. You will hear best practices for empowering and motivating your staff around the patient belongings process through awareness, education, recognition, and incentive programs. Key learnings will be shared about the See it! Say it! Save it! Program, launched in
The goal of leader rounding with patients is to understand their health care experience from their perspective by having personal conversations with them. Rounding with patients is an intentional and systematic process where leaders regularly check in with patients to build relationships, decrease anxiety, increase trust, verify consistency of care, and gain real time feedback.
To meet regulatory and accreditation requirements hospitals and health systems have policies and processes in place to respond to patient complaints and grievances. Watch this webinar to learn how Marshfield Clinic Health System implemented processes to maximize complaint capture, provide service recovery, and produce meaningful outcomes for their patients and the organization. The partnership with
Lynn Charbonneau MBA, CPXP | Director, Patient Relations and Guest Services, Tampa General Hospital During this webinar, you will learn about a new approach to grievance resolution through the use of grievance panels versus a committee. The approach includes key leaders who can make changes within the organization as a result of patient complaints. This
Ann E. Doran, MHSM, MPA, CPHQ, CPHRM | Executive Director, Office of Patient Advocacy, Veterans Administration Kelly E. Holland, MHA, CPXP | Manager Patient/Family Experience, UVM Medical Center Robert Rahal, MPA, MCM | Patient Experience Officer, VA Central California Healthcare System Linda Van der Voort, MA, CPXP | Director, Patient Relations, Language and Disability Services,
Hear an overview of the research that went into developing a Patient Advocate staffing model for more than 550 Patient Advocates spanning a 154 VA Medical Centers.
This paper, written in collaboration with the Institute’s Patient Advocacy Council, examines how patient advocacy data – complaints and grievances – is used to improve patient experience in healthcare.
Through the voices of patient advocate contributors, this PX paper explores the important role that patient advocates, both organization-based and independent, play in supporting patients and caregivers.
This paper helps us understand the value of the role of patient advocates in healthcare.
Knowing the backstory of a disruptive person’s journey to the hospital can help guide response plans when the patient acts out. “Know Before You Go” emphasizes the importance of understanding all the facts of a patient’s story before taking drastic measures to handle inappropriate behaviors. Learn the three things you can change in your processes
This learning bite brings to light the importance of understanding our patients’ barriers in healthcare. Learn how design thinking can be a tool to improve experience. Through the human-centered approach of design thinking, we can integrate the needs of the people into our processes and procedures that create more equitable experiences for those in our
Kim Pedersen, Administrative Director, Patient Relations, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, shares tactics to ensure clinical staff has the skills to provide an exceptional patient experience with respectfully setting appropriate boundaries. While it is important for healthcare providers to support and encourage patients and families to be active participants in their care, it is equally important care
Bernard Roberson, Administrative Director, Family Services Development, Georgia Regents University and Health System, identifies a variety of ways to recruit patient and family advisors as part of the healthcare team.
Colleen Sweeney, Owner, Sweeney Healthcare Enterprises, discusses how patients want healthcare providers to care not just for them, but also about them. By focusing on three ways to empathize with patients, healthcare providers will be able to take the care experience from tasks to truly caring and building relationships that patients seek most.
Anita Woodward, Owner, A. Woodward & Associates, shares three invaluable skills for healthcare staff to possess when communicating with patients, family members and caregivers. By actively listening, these skills will help make an impact on improving the patient experience and patient relationships across all organizations.
Carol Santalucia, Vice President, and Toya Gorley, Director, Client Services, CHAMPS Patient Experience, discuss three components to a service recovery program. How we handle and approach service recovery really shapes the patients perception of our organization, our employees and their overall experience.
As demand for home care increases at a rapid pace, it is important to understand what patients value most during the home care episode and what touchpoints have the biggest influence on the perception of experience. This research by Northwell Health At Home, supported by a grant from The Beryl Institute, offers a unique opportunity
By examining nurse manager accountability for patient experience measures, this study seeks a deeper understanding of nurse managers’ perceptions of patient experience measures and how these measures drive organizational communication behaviors. Funded through The Beryl Institute’s Grant Program for scholars, Lisa Huddleston, Ph.D., explores whether hospitals use patient experience scores as intended — to guide
This research study explores the impact of recreational art activities on the human experience of hospitalized patients. With funds awarded through The Beryl Institute’s Grant Program, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center launched Heart Cart, a painting program for inpatients. Reaction to the initial pilot from cardiac surgery patients was so positive, the art
Identify common work environments and characteristics for individuals within the field of patient advocacy.
Barbara Lewis, founder of Joan’s Family Bill of Rights, explores Patient and Family Advisory Councils and their financial impact on hospitals.
The importance of consumer advocacy in person-centred healthcare service planning and delivery is growing. In Australia, the role of the “Consumer Representative” (known internationally as “Patient and Family Advisors”) is to advocate for patients and their families’ needs to improve service planning, healthcare design, and service evaluation. As the role of consumer representatives evolves and
As a caregiver, my first concern is my loved one, and, at the same time, I am very aware of the stress, anxiety, and burnout of our wonderful providers. This is why The Beryl Institute is focused on “elevating the human experience in healthcare.” We must consider the wellbeing of everyone. Art is one way
Is it just me, or are people more on edge and prone to outburst since COVID? I have been asked this question several times over the last few weeks. I have spent a considerable amount of time reflecting on when this change in behavior happened. I suppose it has been a gradual shift. Although, it