Family Advisory Council
The Family Advisory Council is a group of committed parents and Loyola health-care professionals whose focus is to promote family-centered care at the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center.
Goals
The Family Advisory Council is:- A supportive channel of communication between families and hospital staff
- A provider of feedback on the delivery of services for children and their families
- A place to receive family perspectives on services, programs and facilities
- A group that invests in the education of medical students, staff and faculty related to the family experience of health care, communication with families and family-centered care
- A vital link between the hospital and the community served
Accomplishments of the Family Advisory Council
- Participated in the design of the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital facility
- Designed, developed and coordinated Operation Home Front
- Developed a Parent Resource Book
- Enhanced communication between parents and health care providers
- Improved care coordination for children cared for by multiple sub-specialists
- Developed and presented at Grand Rounds for Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatric faculty and residents, an education-forum for physicians
Continuing projects of the Family Advisory Council
- Continuing management of Operation Home Front.
- Grand Rounds presentations annually.
- Development of education for health-care professionals related to communicating effectively with families.