This guide is intended to help family members and healthcare professionals collaborate to improve care for children with special healthcare needs. Family members and providers are increasingly working as equal partners in multidisciplinary teams to improve care. Collaborating as equals may be new for family members and providers. This guide includes information and guidance on how to get the most out of this potentially powerful partnership.
This is a publication of the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), which seeks to improve children’s health by improving the systems responsible for delivering children’s healthcare. For more information about NICHQ, please visit http://www.nichq.org
