Strategies

Involve consumers in health care governance via roles on governing boards, advisory committees, or shorter-term special projects

Make health care facilities’ health care-associated or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates readily available to patients and providers

Prohibit the sale of unhealthy foods such as sugar sweetened beverages, candy, and other non-nutritious snacks at school fundraisers, often as part of a broader nutrition policy

Establish state level regulations that require nursing homes to employ at least a set number of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff, often set in terms of staff hours per resident day