Patients For Patient Safety US

09/09/2025

Patient Engagement and empowerment is perhaps the most powerful tool to improve patient safety.

09/04/2025

Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 9:00 to 11:30 am EST for the PFPS US Leadership Briefing for World Patient Safety Day! Presenters include Institute for Healthcare Improvement - IHI's Patricia McGaffigan, Senior Advisor for Patient and Workforce Safety, and Jafet Arrieta, Vice President of Delivery and MEL-D, along with Ruth Ann Dorrill, Assistant Inspector General at HHS, Dr. Michelle Schreiber, Director of Quality Measurement and Value-based Incentives at CMS, and more! Click here to learn more and sign up:

Patient Engagement and empowerment is perhaps the most powerful tool to improve patient safety.

08/30/2025

Join us for a World Patient Safety Day celebration in Washington, DC, from September 14-17! This year's theme is safe care for every newborn and child. Activities include a reception and dinner, updates on Project PIVOT, visits to Capitol Hill and a Congressional Briefing, and a virtual leadership briefing. Get the details here: https://www.pfps.us/upcoming-events

Patient Engagement and empowerment is perhaps the most powerful tool to improve patient safety.

08/21/2025

Join us for the Leapfrog Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on December 15 at the Ga***rd National Harbor just outside of Washington, DC, to celebrate Leapfrog's 25th anniversary! PFPS US Co-Founder Marty Hatlie will be on a panel discussion reflecting on To Err is Human and the Leapfrog Legacy. Learn more here: https://www.leapfroggroup.org/about/2025-leapfrog-annual-meeting-awards-dinner

2025 Leapfrog Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner | December 15, 2025 | Ga***rd National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD Join us for the 2025 Leapfrog Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on December 15 at the Ga***rd National Harbor just outside of Washington, DC, as we celebrate Leapfrog....

07/28/2025

Free webinar about AI and your health care data: Presented jointly with the Master in Health Care Management program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Drawing on research and real-world applications, this panel of physicians and health care executives will explore the transformative impact of AI on health care delivery, research, and policy—and address critical questions around data privacy and protection. Panelists will share their experiences integrating AI into workflows such as diagnostics, patient monitoring, and clinical decision-making, shedding light on both the promise and challenges of AI in health care.

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07/24/2025

Now more than ever, it's important to advocate for patient safety and better quality care. Learn more about the Patients for Patient Safety network and become a champion! https://www.pfps.us/become-a-champion

Patient Engagement and empowerment is perhaps the most powerful tool to improve patient safety.

07/22/2025

The WHO Disability Programme is conducting this pulse survey to gather a snapshot of current efforts to advance health equity for persons with disabilities around the world. This survey aims to identify ongoing activities, understand the key factors contributing to their success, uncover the main barriers, and elicit important areas for stakeholders. The insights collected will inform the work undertaken as part of the WHO Disability Health Equity Initiative. Link to survey:

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07/16/2025

Watch PFPS US Founding Member Sue Sheridan's fireside chat from the CMS Quality Conference with Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS Administrator, along with Amy Gleason, Strategic Advisor to HHS/CMS & Acting Administrator, U.S. DOGE Service; Dr. Brian Anderson CEO, Coalition for Health AI, and Sumit Rana, President, Epic, for a lively discussing on how emerging technologies are transforming the future of health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZHN6R4njg&t=151s

Dr. Dora Hughes, CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality opens the CMS Quality Conference 2025. Join Dr. Mehmet Oz, C...

07/15/2025

Insights from the The Beryl Institute's new PX Pulse: Americans call for Trust and change in Healthcare: (1) Fewer than half of US healthcare consumers hold a positive view of the system today; (2) 92% of Americans say trust is critical when seeking care—yet only 36% have strong trust in the system. Download the report here: https://theberylinstitute.org/product/px-pulse-americans-call-for-trust-and-change-in-healthcare-july-2025/

As the U.S. faces political shifts and social tensions, the latest PX Pulse captures how these changes are shaping Americans’ views on healthcare. Despite

07/11/2025

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 80% of maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable. The U.S. has a maternal mortality rate far higher than other high-income nations.

At least a quarter of hospitals in seven states closed their obstetric services between 2010 and 2022, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. And in six states, more than 60% of hospitals lacked obstetrics by 2022.

Using data from the American Hospital Association and federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the researchers analyzed obstetric services at short-term acute care hospitals between 2010 and 2022. The study included 4,964 hospitals.

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-hospitals-see-stark-decline-obstetric-services-study-shows

At least a quarter of hospitals in seven states closed their obstetric services between 2010 and 2022, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. And in six states, more than 60% of hospitals lacked obstetrics by 2022. Using data from the American Hospital Association and federal Center...

07/09/2025

We had the opportunity to be on 3 panels at the CMS Quality Conference in Baltimore, MD, July 1–2! Carole Hemmelgarn talked about AI and healthcare safety, and Sue Sheridan joined Dr. Oz, Brian Anderson, CEO of CHAI, Amy Gleason, Acting Admin of DOGE, and Sumit Rana, president of EPIC to discuss digital health technologies and AI. Key takeaways included the need for interoperability of patient platforms, 2-way communication between CMS and beneficiaries to enable learning from patient experience and diagnostic safety, and we highlighted that diagnostic errors harm up to 800,000 people annually, costing billions of dollars. Diagnostic safety is a primary concern, and it's very under-reported. Focusing on diagnostic safety gives patients the opportunity to contribute to improving healthcare. As IHI's Don Berwick has said, we need a learning community, not just a learning system.