The TakeCHARGE Presentation

HOST AN INTRODUCTION PRESENTATION OR BECOME A TAKECHARGE AMBASSADOR

Support others in groups or individually in becoming a well-prepared patient

Additional training and support available upon request.

No one should go through the health care system alone. Learn to be a support so they don't have to.

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A ONE-HOUR PRESENTATION

Invite friends, family, business associates, staff, your faith community or civic organizations

A TakeCHARGE presentation lasts approximately one hour: 30-40 minutes of presentation and time for discussion and sharing of experiences that have been helpful to participants. Program covers the TakeCHARGE Campaign’s “5 Steps to Safer Health Care”. The TakeCHARGE presentation explains why and how you, a family member or anyone you may be supporting can complete each step while preparing to become a well-prepared patient.

All presentations are presently virtual.

Sponsors are entitled to a presentation at an agreed upon date and time and may include employees, business associates, community, friends and / or family.

There is no fee for this presentation for community.

TakeCHARGE! Two-hour Additional Training

Additional training is perfect for student leaders, community leaders, patient advocates who are starting out and human resource professionals who will distribute this information.

5 Steps to Safer Health Care!

Learn more about each of the 5 Steps to Safer Health Care
Learn how to assist others as individuals or in groups to understand and complete the 5 Steps

Learn about the 5 Steps

Recognize your role as an active and well-prepared patient and how to help others
Learn the importance of each of the 5 Steps to Safer Health Care
Be confident to act on each of the 5 Steps to Safer Health Care

Participants will earn a certificate upon completion of the additional 2-hour course

For more information contact (516) 579-4711 or icorina@pulsecenterforpatientsafety.org

Next TakeCHARGE Program: October 4, 2021, 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Register directly here or contact 516.579.4711 for information. Free

This program is hosted by Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy

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To host a program or training or participate in one please contact TheTakeCHARGECampaign@gmail.com or call (516) 579-4711

TakeCHARGE for Youth

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Ilene Corina, BCPA, Instructor

Ilene Corina is the president and founder of Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy a community based patient safety organization. She started Pulse in 1996 as a monthly support group for patients and families who had experienced medical injury following her own personal experiences. Ilene was selected for Modern Healthcare’s list of 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare in 2009 and as one of the “50 Experts Leading the Field in Patient Safety” by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2013. She received a full scholarship to the American Hospital Association/National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Leadership Training where she developed the Healthcare Equality Project to study the needs of vulnerable populations. A board member of the National Patient Safety Foundation from 2002 through 2017, Ilene co-chaired the Patient and Family Advisory Council from 2002-2006. In 2002, she spearheaded the first Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Read about her additional work and bio here

Beverly R. James RN, BSN Instructor

Ms. James attended Adelphi University and Downstate Medical School where she became a Nurse Practitioner. Beverly is a retired RN who specialized in Home Health Care. Ms. James learned early on her passion was not in the rushed clinical setting but in directly interacting with patients in their environment and helping them to optimize their health status through education and advocacy. After spending years as a public health nurse, Ms. James cofounded Long Island Care at Home a licensed home care agency, where her philosophy and approach could be more readily implemented. She is a certified Family Patient Advocate and has participated in presenting the Family Advocacy Training Course. She has always been a pioneer and not shy about her advocacy for patients and their ability to navigate our complex health system. Providing workshops for Pulse led her to the ASK For Your Life program where she continues to engage people, particularly African-Americans, whenever and wherever she can to help them achieve equity and parity in receiving the best health care available to them.