Resources to ensure families are equipped to play a central role in decision making with providers.
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As your child’s most consistent caregiver, you know your CYSHCN in a way that no one else does. To ensure your child’s health care needs are met, it’s important to develop partnerships with your child’s doctors and other providers.
Preparing for an Office Visit & Talking with Your Child’s Provider (Tip Sheet)
Families play a critical role in partnering with their child’s provider. They often coordinate their child’s health care among several providers. Health plans can benefit from learning more about CYSHCN from families who have been there, done that.
Build Effective Partnerships (Tip Sheet)
In this Tip Sheet:
Online Toolkit, Family Voices Inc.
Fact Sheet, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
Evidence shows patient outcomes improve when health providers who care for CYSHCN actively partner with families and caregivers, in what is known as family-centered care.