The 4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care
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Patients and Families Identify an Opportunity to Serve By Envisioning and Implementing the Volunteer Matching Program
Track
:
August 18, 2009
Program Code:
D6
Date:
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Time:
9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Bill Crooks, Patient, Volunteer
Karyl DeBruyn, RN, Volunteer, Program Manager; Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
Description
At Spectrum Health, patients and family members envisioned and implemented the Volunteer Matching Program that pairs newly diagnosed cancer patients and cancer survivors using a customized database; the Patient and Family Resource Center Library offers patients’ access to this program.