Toolkit and Resource Descriptions
The Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council provides information and guidance to empower individuals and organizations to develop a community-based advisory council. These councils involve patients, consumers, and a variety of practitioners and professionals from health care and community organizations to drive change for patient safety through education, collaboration, and consumer engagement.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Terms
Guide Structure
Chapter 2. Patient Safety Advisory Councils
Background
Benefits of Involving Patients
Chapter 3. Steps to Creating a Patient Safety Advisory Council
Step 1—Determine the Scope of the Council
Step 2—Select the Team
Step 3—Determine a Budget
Step 4—Confirm Team Members
Step 5—Conduct the Orientation Meeting
Step 6—Conduct Regular Council Meetings
Step 7—Elicit Public Relations Support and Community
Engagement
Step 8—Conclude With a Meeting
Step 9—Measure Success
Step 10—Sustain the Partnership Model
Appendixes
Appendix A. Project Goals and Objectives
Appendix B. Council Information Sheet and Application
Appendix C. Confidentiality Statement
Appendix D. Vision and Mission Statements
Appendix E. Meeting Ground Rules
Appendix F. Meeting Evaluation
Appendix G. Brochure
Appendix H. Advertisement
Appendix I. Patient Advisory Council Evaluation Strategies
References
Prepared by:
Aurora Health Care, Wisconsin
Kathryn K. Leonhardt, M.D., M.P.H.
Deborah Bonin, R.H.I.A., C.P.H.A.
Patti Pagel, R.N., B.S.N.
This project was funded under grant No. U18 HS15915-02 from the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the
authors and do not reflect the official position of Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
No investigators have any affiliations or financial involvement (e.g.,
employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock options, expert testimony, grants
or patents received or pending, or royalties) that conflict with material
presented in this report.
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted
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AHRQ Publication No. 08-0048
Current as of April 2008
Internet Citation:
Leonhardt K, Bonin K, Pagel P. Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0048, April 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/advisorycouncil/