Publications by authors named "Kelly Parent"

Introduction: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends Patient- and Family-centered Rounds (PFCRs) to improve communication between the healthcare team and families while allowing the latter to participate in medical decision-making. PFCRs have a secondary goal of increasing rounds' efficiency and providing a positive learning environment for residents and students. There are many published best practices for PFCR.

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The COVID-19 pandemic hit southeast Michigan hard and a rapid influx of patients forced Beaumont Health to shift rapidly into an emergency management model with a laser focus on transforming clinical care and administrative processes to meet complex patient care needs. Navigating this landscape required agility, surge planning, strong interprofessional teams, transformational leadership, nurse-led innovations, support, and transparency to manage the ever-changing environment. This article explains nursing's response and nurse-led innovations that were implemented to meet the needs of the community, patients, and staff, as well as lessons learned to ensure preparedness for any potential future surge.

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Purpose To determine an optimal embargo period preceding release of radiologic test results to an online patient portal. Materials and Methods This prospective discrete choice conjoint survey with modified orthogonal design was administered to patients by trained interviewers at four outpatient sites and two institutions from December 2016 to February 2018. Three preferences for receiving imaging results associated with a possible or known cancer diagnosis were evaluated: delay in receipt of results (1, 3, or 14 days), method of receipt (online portal, physician's office, or phone), and condition of receipt (before, at the same time as, or after health care provider).

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Purpose: To measure patient willingness to wait and emotional disutility of waiting for outpatient imaging test results.

Methods: A prospective HIPAA-compliant multicenter outpatient quality improvement survey was administered by a trained interviewer to 218 outpatients from November 1, 2016, to February 1, 2017. The survey was vetted by patient- and family-centered care advocates with experience in survey design and underwent precognitive testing for readability.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to measure the value of oral contrast material from the patient's point of view.

Methods: A prospective HIPAA-compliant survey was administered from August 30, 2016, to March 9, 2017, at two outpatient centers to consecutive outpatients immediately after oral contrast material consumption for abdominopelvic CT. The survey included validated measures of temporary health disutility and oral contrast-specific questions vetted by patient advocates with experience in survey design.

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Patient- and family-centered care began in pediatrics more than two decades ago, and pediatric care has continued to lead the way in acknowledging and supporting family presence and participation in patient care and decision-making. However, many adult hospitals still have "visiting" policies that restrict the potential for true partnerships with families and other care partners. A national campaign, Better Together: Partnering with Families, developed by the Institute for Patient- and Families-Centered Care (IPFCC), urges all hospitals--pediatric and adult--to welcome families 24/7.

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Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are at risk for a variety of problems at school. Well-controlled studies using data collected in schools, however, are limited. The purposes of this study are to determine whether selected school problems are associated with T1DM and to investigate an association between these problems and medical variables.

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