Convergence Health Consulting, founded by Bruce Spurlock, MD, serves a broad range of health care stakeholders to drive improvement at both the organization and system levels. With deep experience accelerating changing, Convergence has managed large-scale improvement collaboratives across the United States. With the support of the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation in 2008, Convergence formed the non-profit organization Cynosure Health to further the goal of improving health care delivery, outcomes, and experience.

PFCCpartners was founded by Libby Hoy, a mother of three sons living with mitochondrial disease. Libby founded PFCCpartners with the vision of creating a community of patients, families, providers, and health care organizations that would be committed to the shared learning of Patients and Family Centered Care practice. PFCCpartners’ approach focuses on developing authentic partnerships, from the caregiving relationship at the bedside, to the boardroom where programs and policies are established. PFCCpartners has been closely involved in Partnership for Patients (PFP) efforts since its inception, including partnering with the Comagine Hospital Improvement Innovative Network (HIIN) on patient and family engagement activities. PFCCpartners has also worked with the national Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) program to embed and grow patient and family engagement. In all activities, PFCCpartners strives to co-create better care and a better healthcare system through partnership.

The American Institutes for Research® (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world. We do this work because when we look to the future, we see opportunities to close gaps that are rooted in injustice. At AIR, we know that equity begins with systems that work for everyone, so we lead with expertise, follow the evidence, and never stop drawing new connections to build a better, more equitable world.