Patients For Patient Safety US
Who We Are
Patients for Patient Safety US (PFPS US) is a bi-partisan group of dedicated individuals and organizations united in their mission to enhance the safety of healthcare in the United States. This initiative is spearheaded by individuals who have personally experienced the impact of medical errors, either as patients themselves or through their loved ones. Drawing from these deeply personal experiences, we are motivated and determined to champion our priorities, advocate for systemic changes, and foster an environment where patient safety is paramount. Together, we strive to create a healthcare system that prioritizes the well-being of every individual.
Our Vision
A world in which no one is harmed in healthcare and every patient receives safe and respectful care, every time, everywhere.
Our Mission
At PFPS US, our mission is to advance patient safety and health equity by advocating for systemic change across healthcare, public health, and industry platforms. We work to eliminate barriers to care by supporting policies, partnerships, and protocols that prioritize safety, transparency, and equity. Through patient-centered advocacy and collaboration, we strive to create a safer, more just healthcare system for all.
PFPS US Priorities
- Establish policies, structures, funding criteria, strategies, and budgets that require and support diverse PFE
- Redesign mechanisms that effectively engage and learn from patients/families
- Require co-development (design, measurement, and oversight) of safety of clinical practices and prevention of diagnostic errors
- Engage, orient, and train diverse patients and family members to form a skilled community of diverse patient and family member partners
- Require and enforce transparency in reporting harm
- Improve the quality and integration of data to understand harm better
- Establish Communication and Resolution Programs (CRPs) as the standard of care
- Ensure patient access to medical records
- Expand the spectrum of patient safety events that must be collected and publicly reported
- Reassert patient safety and equity as a strategic priority
- Create and coordinate legislative and executive oversight and commitment to advance safety priorities
- Build awareness of safety through the annual World Patient Safety Day march and social media
- Coordinate proposed rules and guidance in the federal register to advance safety oversight
About Patient Safety
Patient Safety is a healthcare discipline that emerged with the evolving complexity in health care systems and the resulting rise of patient harm in healthcare facilities. It aims to prevent and reduce risks, errors and harm that occur to patients during provision of health care. A cornerstone of the discipline is continuous improvement based on learning from errors and adverse events.
Patient safety is fundamental to delivering quality essential health services. Indeed, there is a clear consensus that quality health services across the world should be effective, safe and people-centered. In addition, to realize the benefits of quality health care, health services must be timely, equitable, integrated, and efficient.
To ensure the successful implementation of patient safety strategies; clear policies, leadership capacity, data to drive safety improvements, skilled healthcare professionals, and effective involvement of patients in their care, are all needed.
