Mary Ellen Mannix - The James Project - Protecting Newborns

Join me as I interview Mary Ellen Mannix, author, teacher, restorative practices educator & facilitator, and nationally recognized patient safety advocate.   December 1st at 11AM PST/2PM EST.

Today Mary Ellen is working with her state senator to ensure that all Pennsylvania newborns receive appropriate screening for the most common birth defect – SB 1202 The James Mannix Bill.  www.jamessproject.com

James's Project is a community based organization focused on improving communication in healthcare with the goal of saving children's lives and clinician's livelihoods. Communication strategies have an impact on our infant mortality rate. We want to improve it.

James's Project works on three levels to save other children and families from the losses James and his clinicians and families endured.

--Proactive – on sight, online, and phone education and awareness programs to help parents and caregivers prepare and learn the best practices to safely navigate their child through the healthcare system. There is information that parents can get that will help them most successfully advocate for their child - as well as themselves, so treatment decisions are truly family centered.

--Active - healthcare coaching & bedside advocacy (which can be bedside or simply by phone) to assist & empower parents who have a hospitalized or child in crisis and feel communication with care providers is not as good as it should be.

--Reactive - medication and conciliatory services if and when there is an outcome that the patient and family have questions about.

Kenotes and Workshops:  Mediation via Restorative Practice methodologies, Family Group Conferencing, Family Group Decision Making, Healing & Growth Conferences in Healthcare, Speakers Bureau, Supportv Groups