The Safe Healthcare System Patients Deserve: A Call To Action

World Patient Safety Day 2026 Webinar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

WPSD 2026 kicked off a year of global focus on patient safety risks associated with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). The webinar event highlighted emergent developments and solutions to longstanding patient safety challenges in the United States, followed by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) commentary.

Speakers included:

Sue Sheridan

President & CEO, PFPS US

Marty Hatlie

Director, Policy & Advocacy, PFPS US

Stanford Health AI Week with Sue Sheridan

Recorded on location at Stanford Medicine’s Health AI Week, Matt Lungren and Justin Norden sit down with leaders from healthcare, life sciences, and industry to separate hype from progress in medical AI. Together, they explore where AI is already improving day-to-day work, from surfacing the right information at the right time to making tools that feel practical for clinicians and staff. The guests also dig into what it will take to prove impact at scale, including how organizations should measure outcomes, manage change, and fund the most promising use cases. The episode closes with a look at how AI could reshape research and clinical trials and what responsible adoption should prioritize.

PFPS US Co-Founder Martin Hatlie Receives

Lifetime Achievement Award

On December 9, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) honored PFPS US co-founder Martin Hatlie with the Michael R. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award for his three decades of leadership in patient and medication safety. ISMP President Rita Jew presented the award at the 28th Annual ISMP Cheers Awards in Las Vegas.

ISMP—founded in 1994 by Michael Cohen, now President Emeritus, is a global leader in medication safety. The organization has long championed meaningful engagement of patients and families in safety improvement and maintains a public medication and vaccine error reporting system accessible to both consumers and healthcare professionals. ISMP is a proud Strategic Partner of PFPS US.

We congratulate Marty on this well-deserved recognition and celebrate his enduring commitment to safer healthcare for all.