Long time coming…

Not being one to leave well enough alone, I’m constantly on the lookout for new and innovative ways to implement family centered care practices into our healthcare settings. Taking a page from the Project DOCC program, I began to contemplate the possibility of taking it to the next step: instead of addressing a broad range of chronic illness, target specific diagnoses and work with those specialists and teams that treat those specific illnesses. I spent several weeks mulling the options over and finally contacted Maggie Hoffman, one of the creators of the Project DOCC curriculum.

I was overjoyed to find that she not only understood the concept I was proposing, she had already begun working with other groups with various diagnoses to implement presentations specifically geared toward certain medical conditions. Maggie Hoffman, my hero and esteemed visionary, has agreed to partner with me to develop programs appropriate for Cystic Fibrosis Care Centers across the country. What a phenomenal endeavor we have agreed to undertake.

There remains a tremendous amount of work to be done – all in due time.