Appendix A. Project Goals and Objectives

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Before they meet regularly, patient advisory councils need to establish project goals. Examples of project goals and objectives for small and large patient advisory councils follow.

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A. Scope for a small project that involves patients on the project team

Goal: Revise patient education materials that are provided to patients with congestive heart failure when they are discharged from the hospital.

Objectives:

• Obtain patient input on and recommendations for the patient education materials.
• Conduct three meetings with at least five patients participating.
• Revise current materials by incorporating the patients' recommendations.
• Prepare and print materials.

Timeframe: 4 months

Budget: $300 to include cost of meetings, patient support, and printing costs. Funding provided by Department of Patient Education.

B. Scope for a larger project that includes the establishment of a patient advisory council

Goal: Establish a patient-provider partnership council in a community setting that will develop interventions to improve medication safety.

Objectives:

• Create a patient safety council with patient and provider representatives from hospitals, outpatient clinics, and retail pharmacies within a community.
• Develop strategies to improve medication list accuracy in outpatient medical records at the clinics.
• Implement medication safety strategies that could be used by patients in the community and by providers in the clinics.
• Measure medication list accuracy in outpatient medical records in the clinics.
• Measure the impact of the project on the satisfaction and engagement of patients, providers, council members, and the community.
• Disseminate information on the patient safety council and their activities.

Timeframe: 2 years

Budget: $500,000. Funding provided by a grant with organizational support.

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