About PFPS US
Our Executive Leadership Team Members
Martin J. Hatlie
Carole Hemmelgarn
Armando Nahum
Sue Sheridan
Beth Daley Ullem
Who Do We Include
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Patient Safety Activists
Individual people who
- Support the PFPS London Declaration
- Are oriented to the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan
- Are active in achieving implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the USA
- Act consistently with WHO rules and guidelines governing the PFPS program
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Civic and Government Partners
- Non-profit organizations
- Research organizations
- Government entities
- Educational organizations
- Accreditors
- Philanthropies
- Other civic organizations that commit by leadership action or board resolution to work cooperatively with Patient Safety Activists to implement the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the US
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Healthcare Partners
- Healthcare provider organizations
- Product manufacturers or distributors
- Other civic organizations that commit by leadership action or board resolution to work cooperatively with Patient Safety Activists to implement the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the US
Our Goals in the United States
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Create Skilled Communities
- Identify, recruit and train a diverse corps of patient and family advocates (especially those who have been harmed from unsafe care) and those who represent them such as civil society and patient organizations
- Identify and forge strategic partnerships with healthcare leaders (policy makers, researchers, accreditors, healthcare system leaders, clinicians, guideline developers, quality measurement developers, etc.)
- Promote principles of successful public/patient and family engagement
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Engage Community
- Awareness raising, presentations and campaigns
- Policy
- Guideline development
- Organizational design and governance
- Medical professions education
- Research
- Patient information materials on clinical procedures and education on patient safety
- Host national workshops and events with patients, family members, patient organizations and healthcare leaders to share experiences and expectations of the patient community and to plan the implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan.
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Disseminate/Communicate
- Share successes/stories and lessons learned where patients, family members and other partners were pivotal in co-developing patient safety improvement efforts
