Resources and Toolkits

Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) Toolkits and Resources

• IHA Patient and Family Advisory Council Core Principles: Designed to share consensus-based tenets from literature review and implementation experiences to assist members with their PFAC efforts
• A Toolkit for Creating Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Step by Step Guide
• Creating a Patient and Family Advisory Council: A Toolkit for Pediatric Practices
• Creating Patient and Family Advisory Councils
• Partnering with Patients and Families to Accelerate Improvement: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality tool to guide healthcare organizations in the development of a PFAC

Patient and Family Engagement Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Guide to help patients, families and health professionals work together as partners to promote improvements in care.
• HRET: Leadership resource for patient and family engagement strategies.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Resources designed for hospitals and health systems looking to get started on their patient and family engagement goals.
• Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care: Provides essential leadership to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care.
• PFCCpartners: A resource for hospitals and health systems looking to implement or improve patient and family engagement programs within their organizations. 
• University of Wisconsin Health: Recognized for its commitment to patient- and family-centered care.