Hard-Wiring Engagement: Embedding Patient and Family Voice through Policy
2pm ET / 1pm CT / 12pm MT / 11am PT – This session brings the webinar series together by focusing on how organizations can hard-wire patient, family, and care partner engagement through organizational policy. Participants will explore policy levers, language, and governance strategies that support long-term sustainment of Domain #5 elements and ensure engagement is embedded in decision-making, accountability, and safety structures.
Learning Objectives:
• Explain how organizational policy can advance and sustain patient and family engagement
• Identify policy opportunities that reinforce CMS Patient Safety Structural Measures, Domain #5
• Describe next steps for translating engagement strategies into durable organizational practice
Part of the webinar series, Beyond the Checklist: Implementing and Sustaining Patient and Family Engagement in CMS Patient Safety Structural Measures, hosted by The Beryl Institute’s PX Policy Forum Board and the Global Patient and Family Advisory Board.
Non-members can purchase webinars at a cost of $49 each.
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