About PFPS US
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
To implement in the United States the recommendations of the World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030.
Our Commitment
PFPS US is committed to supporting partners, policies, and protocols which ensure that both health equity and patient safety standards are incorporated across all healthcare, public health, and industry platforms for a safer and healthier system for all.
Who We Are
Patients for Patient Safety US (PFPS US) is a network of people and organizations aligned with the World Health Organization (WHO) and focused on making healthcare safe in the United States. Led by people who have experienced medical error as a patient or in our families, we are activated to advance the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 approved by the World Health Assembly in May 2021.
Our Founding Members
Our Executive Leadership Team Members
Why We Are Different
As engaged patient safety advocates for many years, we see too little progress in meeting the goals set forth 20 years ago in the 1999 call to action, To Err is Human. We now believe the private-public partnership entrusted to take on the 3rd largest cause of preventable death in the United States and substantially improve patient safety is too fractured to meet the challenge.
In alignment with the World Health Organization’s Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030, we call upon policymakers and healthcare leaders to engage with urgency and be accountable for preventing avoidable harm. We pledge to work with leaders who have the courage to implement a nationwide approach to patient safety in partnership with the patient and family community. We support initiatives to set forth standards, enforce them, invest in research and innovation, be transparent, continuously learn, and provide fair remedies when people experience avoidable harm caused by actions or failures to act responsibly.
