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PFAC Office Hours: Foundational Elements for Managing a PFAC

MHA staff member Jessica Stultz

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Jessica Stultz

Director of Clinical Quality

Event Details

  1. December 18, 2025
  2. 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  3. Virtual

Audience

COOs, chief nursing officers, chief quality officers, directors of quality, patient experience leaders, maternal health leaders, population and community health contacts

Overview

Building and sustaining a successful Patient and Family Advisory Council begins with a strong foundation. This event will explore the essential components for effectively managing a hospital PFAC and fostering meaningful collaboration to make an impact. Because this is an office hours call format, during the last half of the call, members of MHA’s statewide PFAC will field questions, share stories and have conversations with our audience.

MHA’s statewide PFAC has announced the winners of our fourth annual Compass Honor Award. During the call, participants will hear from the winners as they share their PFAC journey and lessons learned. This award recognizes two Missouri hospitals that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to improving patient engagement, experience, and outcomes through innovative programs and initiatives. 

Objectives 

At the conclusion of this session, participants will: 

  • hear best practices for establishing structure, defining roles, setting goals and maintaining momentum within their councils
  • experience real-world examples
  • discover practical tools to help strengthen partnerships between patients, families and health care teams 

Speaker

Amber Lashley, CCLS, SSGBC
Director of Patient Experience
MU Health Care's Children's Hospital
Columbia, Mo. 

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