Patient Advisory Board

Members of the Patient Advisory Board

Mission Statement

The Patient Advisory Board for the Department of Family Medicine seeks to identify problems, concerns, weaknesses within the system and offers suggestions to improve the quality of patient care.

"... Family Medicine is a leader in patient care.... they listen to our needs." - Gordon Robinson

"... we have opened communications to improve quality of care." - Dony Harrison

Membership

Current Members:

• Gordon Robinson, President
• Jeanette Dotson, Vice President
• Sarah Daniel, Secretary
• Betty Dotson , Recorder
• Kimberly Galvan , Member
• Dony Harrison, Member
• Georgina Caniel, Member
• Larry Garza, Member
• Robert Navarro, Member
• Delinda Mosley, Staff Member
• Leah Fanuiel, Faculty Advisor

What We've Done!

The Patient Advisory Board serves as a focus group for:

• Telemedicine technology improvement
• Family Medicine strategic planning
• Alternative medicine
• Clinical trials

Other changes resulting from Patient Advisory Board efforts:

• Addition of handicap parking spaces in the UTMB Primary Care Pavilion parking lot
• Addition of children's play furniture in Family Medicine Clinics wait areas
• Enlargement of Primary Care Pavilion lab
• Creation of volunteer positions for Primary Care Pavilion "way finder"

Newsletter

The Patient Advisory Board produces a Family Medicine Newsletter in an effort to keep all of our patients informed of news worthy topics. Copies are available in the clinic.

The newsletter is also published online through this website.

Thanks

The committee would like to reconize the effort of the OSAs in showing a marked improvement in efficeincy and friendliness. As patients, WE APPRECIATE YOU!