Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Patient Safety Movement Foundation
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Mission
Our Vision: Achieve ZERO preventable patient harm and death across the globe by 2030. Our Mission: Urgently unify people and collectively improve patient safety across the globe.
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ZERO PREVENTABLE DEATHS BY 2020 INITIATIVETO IMPACT THE PREVENTABLE DEATHS OCCURRING IN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE WORLD BY SUPPORTING EDUCATION, PROVIDING TOOLS, GENERATING AWARENESS ACROSS COMMUNITIES, AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC COMMITMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE WORLD TO IMPLEMENT ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS. BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS, PSMF GENERATED NEW HOSPITAL COMMITMENTS, HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY PLEDGES AND SOLUTIONS TO HELP REDUCE PREVENTABLE PATIENT DEATHS IN HOSPITALS BY 2020. PSMF CONTINUED TO EDUCATE AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE INITIATIVE DURING EVENTS AND MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (CON SCH O).ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SINCE INCEPTION OF THE PSMF MORE THAN 4,710 HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY SOLUTIONS THAT WILL SAVE LIVES THIS LAST YEAR WE ADDED 112 HOSPITALS TO OUR MOVEMENT. THESE COMMITMENTS REPRESENT EFFORTS THAT SAVED NEARLY 90,000 LIVES IN 2018 ALONE WITH A CUMULATIVE 273,077 LIVES SAVED SINCE INCEPTION. SIMILARLY, OVER 89 HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE NOW SIGNED THE OPEN DATA PLEDGE (6 ADDED THIS LAST YEAR) STATING THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROACTIVELY BLOCK CONNECTIONS FROM OTHER TECHNOLOGIES OR CHARGE FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING ACCESS TO THEIR PRODUCTS' OUTPUT DATA FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PATIENT SAFETY.THIS YEAR TWO NEW ACTIONABLE PATIENT SAFETY SOLUTIONS (APSS), WERE DISCUSSED ADDRESSING: -APSS #17: PATIENT SAFETY CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS -APSS #18: POST-OPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN OLDER ADULTSTHESE APSS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AND DOWNLOAD: HTTP://PATIENTSAFETYMOVEMENT.ORG/APSS/PSMF ALSO PRODUCED FIVE SHORT-FORM DOCUMENTARIES DURING THE LAST YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS AND HOW THEY IMPACT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS FOUR DOCUMENTARIES HIGHLIGHTING HOW PROVIDERS CAN IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT PREVIOUS TRAGEDIES DO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. SINCE 2012, THE FOUNDATION HAS PRODUCED 29 FILMS SHARING THESE TRAGIC EVENTS WITH THE PUBLIC. THESE SHORT FILMS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE AT: YOUTUBE.COM/C/PATIENTSAFETYMOVEMENT.THE PSMF HAS ORGANIZED AND ACTIVATED A TOTAL OF 18 CLINICAL WORKGROUPS COVERING 34 SOLUTIONS AND TWO SPECIAL INTEREST WORKGROUPS (METRICS INTEGRITY AND TECHNOLOGY VETTING). SINCE LAST YEAR, TWO NEW WORKGROUPS WERE ACTIVATED COVERING THREE NEW TOPICS. PATIENT SAFETY CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS BECAME APSS #17 AND POST-OPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN OLDER ADULTS BECAME APSS #18. THE THIRD WAS A SUBAPSS UNDER MEDICATION SAFETY, RELATED TO DRUG SHORTAGES (APSS #3F). ALL 18 WORKGROUPS MEET VIRTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO UPDATE AND REVISE OF ALL 34 SOLUTIONS. IN ADDITIONAL WE ACTIVATED ONE NEW SPECIAL INTEREST WORKGROUP ADDRESSING HOW TO ADDRESS THE INCLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN ALL OF OUR APSS TO ENSURE THE TECHNOLOGY IS BACKED BY SOLID EVIDENCE BEFORE BEING ADDED. THESE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY WORKGROUPS ARE MADE UP OF VOLUNTEER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND KEY OPINION LEADERS AS WELL AS INDUSTRY LEADERS AND PATIENT/FAMILY ADVOCATES. THE WORKGROUPS CONVENE VIRTUALLY TO ENSURE THAT THE PSMF APSS REMAIN CLINICALLY VALID AND THE WORKGROUPS WILL FUNCTION IN PERPETUITY.PSMF CONTINUED ITS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES THROUGH EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENT IN KEY MARKETS, SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS BEFORE LEADING HOSPITALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE U.S., WITH THE GOAL OF SOLICITING MORE COMMITMENTS TO ACTION.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “The patient safety movement is connecting people, ideas and technology to confront the large scale problem of more than 200,000 preventable patient deaths in u.s. hospitals and 4,800,000 worldwide, each year by providing actionable ideas and innovations that can (con sch o) transform the process of care, dramatically improve patient safety and help eliminate patient preventable deaths. we are doing this one solution, one commitment, one hospital, one act of kindness and love, and one patient at a time. the psmf is helping to break down silos that exist between hospitals, healthcare technology companies, patient advocates, patients, the government and all the stakeholders affected in healthcare - all of us. together we are pushing towards zero preventable deaths by 2020.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “The patient safety movement foundation (psmf) is committed to working with (con sch o) hospitals, medical technology companies, and patient advocates to unify the healthcare ecosystem and eliminate the more than 200,000 preventable hospital deaths that occur every year in the united states and 4.8 million globally by 2020.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of DE, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as 15776 LAGUNA CANYON ROAD, IRVINE, CA, 92618.
- The non-profit has a total of 12 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$627,593.
- The organization has 13 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2013.
- The organization pays $460,491 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $111,454 in fundraising expenses.
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