Patient and Family Engagement Convening Meeting Synthesis Report 

In its 2008 report, National Priorities & Goals—Aligning Our Efforts to Transform America’s Healthcare, the National Priorities Partnership (NPP) identified six National Priorities that if addressed would significantly improve the quality of healthcare delivered to Americans. In continued support of improving patient-focused care, NPP selected patient and family engagement as one of the six priority areas. In May 2010, NPP convened the Patient and Family Engagement Workgroup to build a shared knowledge base and identify specific action steps for NPP Partners and others to consider that would have the greatest potential to address the first of three patient and family engagement goals identified in the 2008 report.