The Institute offers a wide selection of resources, including printed materials such as guidance publications and self-assessment tools, videos, DVDs, and CD-ROM and MP3 Audio CDs-all listed below. For your convenience, you can download a printable copy of the Institute's Resources Guide that includes a list of our current resources, a brief description of each resource, and a handy order form.
It is easy to order from the Institute's secure online merchant. Simply browse through the Institute's broad selection of publications and multimedia resources described on this website page, click on the blue title of the type of product you wish to learn more about, then click on the title of any product you wish to order. You will then be able to place the selected item in your shopping cart. Questions? Call 301-652-0281 for assistance.
Guidance Publications and Books
A variety of practical, fact-filled resources offering guidance for developing patient and family advisory councils, creating patient and family faculty programs, changing the concept of families as visitors, planning new health care environments, and other relevant topics.
Multimedia Resources
The Institute offers a variety of multimedia resources. DVDs and Videos explore topics such as patient and family participation in rounds, family-centered changes in newborn intensive care, and patient and family resource centers. Resources from the Institute's most recent Hospitals and Communities Moving Forward with Patient- and Family-Centered Care (HCMF) Seminars are offered on Flash Drives; those from many previous HCMF Seminars are available on CD-ROMs. Audio recordings of sessions at the Institute's International Conferences may also be purchased.
Advances in Patient- and Family-Centered Care
This resource is for those interested in promoting the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care.
Assessment Tools
Designed to help a hospital, specific unit, or an ambulatory program advance patient- and family-centered care. These inventories assist in identifying strengths, opportunities for improvement, priorities for change, and the development of an action plan.