Core Commitments of Family-Centered Care
For Our Patients
We commit to care that:- Creates a health care environment that is accessible, supportive and responsive to our patient’s developmental needs
- Facilitates partnerships between patients and health care providers
- Builds partnerships based on mutual respect and open communication
- Helps patients determine how to best participate in their own health care
- Seeks to understand the patient's perspective
- Protects patient privacy and confidentiality
For Our Families
We commit to care that:- Honors the central role of families in their child’s life
- Builds on family strengths and acknowledges differences in family health care beliefs and approaches to caring for their child
- Is responsive to the different partnership preferences families bring to the health care experience
- Provides family access to clear and complete information to support involvement in shared decision making with the health care team
- Provides opportunities and resources to promote family competence to care for their child
- Seeks to understand the perspective of families
- Protects family privacy and confidentiality