This document describes a creative board initiative for patient rooms at Kaiser Permanente hospitals. The initiative aims to allow patients, families, and visitors to express themselves creatively through sharing photos, art, writings, and other creative works on a board in the patient's room. This is intended to help patients find inner peace during their hospital stay. The initiative was proposed by Hyunmie Maria Chang from the Marin/Sonoma Medical Center in San Rafael and presented as a poster at the 2014 Caritas Consortium conference.

1. Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
Caritas in Action
How Caring Science informs and inspires KP caregivers and affirms our commitment to provide our
patients and their families exceptional care
Caritas Consortium 2014
Creative Board at Each Bedside
Honoring Health, Healing &
Wholeness

2. Creative Board at each Bedside
Intent to Contribute Statement:
I will be implementing a creative board for patient rooms that would allow patients/family members/visitors to
share favorite photos/pictures/arts/drawings/written works, etc., utilizing creativity as a way to express their
thoughts/mind in a way to find inner-peace during their hospitalization.
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3. Inspired Contributor(s) :
 Hyunmie Maria Chang
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Service Area: Marin/Sonoma
Medical Center: SRF
Affiliation: PCS
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Year Shared: 2014
Venue: Caritas Consortium
Format: Poster
ID #: H02
Keyword TAGs:
Identifier
 Consortium2014-June, Marin
Sonoma, San Rafael, Poster,
Patient Care Services, Adult
Services
 Healing Environment,
Patients/Families
Descriptor
 Healing Arts, Authentic
Relationship, Transforming Stress
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