The following audio interview will be transcribed to text to create a chapter in the upcoming charity/anthology titled HIGHWAY TO HEART, HUMOR, and HONESTY in HEALTHCARE.
Available late Spring/early Summer 2020.
Rachel Weissburg is a patient and family engagement advisor and organizational system consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work focuses on changing health care systems so that they are truly patient-centered as well as a healthy and joyful place for all health care workers.
Previously, she worked at the National Quality Forum (NQF) in Washington DC, where she managed several Partnership for Patients’ initiatives, including the Patient and Family Engagement Action Team. In addition, she supported the Measure Application Partnership (MAP)’s performance measurement recommendations to the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Previous to NQF, Rachel worked at The Endocrine Society and The Leapfrog Group, where she ran programs focused on patient education, patient safety, and affordable care.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from the George Washington University. Rachel is a strong advocate for the patient voice in healthcare, since she personally manages three health conditions. She writes about her experiences as a patient in her blog, sleeplikeababytonight.com. While in DC, she served as a patient advisor on Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Patient and Family Advisory Council and Georgetown University Hospital’s Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety. She also worked as a Peer Counselor for HIV patients at the Whitman Walker Clinic.
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