PFAC Panels for Maximum Patient Participation

Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) provide essential insights for enhancing patient experience metrics. However, challenges such as busy schedules and pandemic-related disruptions have hindered their effectiveness. In this case study, Rutgers Cancer Institute shares how its innovative solutions address these issues, ensuring patient feedback is actively sought and utilized to drive improvements.
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Primary Care Productivity and Patient Satisfaction Community Practice: What is the Relationship?
Research has shown a consistent positive association between patient and provider experience and improved patient outcomes and safety. There is a belief that patient satisfaction and physician productivity are competing interests.
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Black Voices On Gynecologic Cancer: Understanding Experiences (BVOGUE)
The voices of Black patient advocates are often absent from research studies. By centering these voices, new strategies can be identified to address and positively impact disparities across the clinical care spectrum, from diagnosis to survivorship. The study aims to identify common and unique experiences of racism and bias among Black patients with gynecologic cancer.
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