 Critical Care Collaborative:
Professional Societies Working Toward
a Vision of Patient-Focused Care
The Critical Care Institute is representing the American College of Chest Physicians as a member of a collaborative of professional societies that share a belief that care of the critically ill should be patient-focused, multidisciplinary, readily accessible, and reach beyond the walls of the intensive care unit. The Collaborative is made up of the ACCP-CCI, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), the American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists ( ASHP), the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care (NAMDRC), and both the Illinois and Florida chapters of the Society of Respiratory Care (SRC). Together these organizations represent over 100,000 healthcare professionals and through their leadership will work towards designing a more patient-focused approach that relies on communication and cooperation from the entire team responsible for delivering patient care.
The efforts of this group will provide evidenced based examples and information to support a shift in how care is delivered to the critically ill patient. The goal will be to design and test models of care, as well as to increase recognition and awareness of existing models by tapping into the resources of the participating organizations. Efforts will be directed at all elements of the system including the point of care, support systems (IT), administration, payers, and regulatory bodies. The process will include planning meetings, work groups, and summits and will culminate with a report to be delivered at CHEST 2006 with a supplement to the journal CHEST combining all of the related information and milestones. This effort should impact not only the care of the critically ill patient but could also be a leading resource in changing the delivery of care in the US to a more patient-focused model.
Learn more about the societies that are members of the Collaborative:
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