PATIENT SAFETY MOVEMENT FOUNDATION
15642 SAND CANYON AVE NO 51268, IRVINE, CA 92619 patientsafetymovement.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE PATIENT SAFETY MOVEMENT FOUNDATION'S (PSMF) MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE PREVENTABLE HARM AND DEATH IN HEALTHCARE ACROSS THE WORLD BY CREATING A SENSE OF URGENCY AND UNIFYING HUMANITY. THE PSMF IS CONNECTING PEOPLE, IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONFRONT THE (CON SCH O) 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 TRANSFORM THE PROCESS OF CARE, DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY AND HELP ELIMINATE PREVENTABLE PATIENT DEATHS. THE PSMF IS HELPING TO BREAK DOWN SILOS THAT EXIST BETWEEN HOSPITALS, HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, PATIENT ADVOCATES, PATIENTS, THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN HEALTHCARE. TOGETHER WE ARE PUSHING TOWARDS OUR VISION OF ZERO PREVENTABLE PATIENT DEATHS BY 2030.

THE PATIENT SAFETY MOVEMENT FOUNDATION (PSMF) IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH (CON SCH O) HOSPITALS, HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, POLICYMAKERS, AND PATIENT ADVOCATES TO UNIFY THE HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM AND ELIMINATE THE MORE THAN 200,000 PREVENTABLE PATIENT DEATHS THAT OCCUR EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES AND 4.8 MILLION GLOBALLY BY 2030.

ZERO PREVENTABLE DEATHS BY 2030 INITIATIVETO IMPACT THE PREVENTABLE PATIENTS DEATHS OCCURRING IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE 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 THAT WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE PATIENT HARM AND DEATH. BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS, PSMF GENERATED NEW HOSPITAL COMMITMENTS, HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY PLEDGES AND BUILT NEW SOLUTIONS TO HELP REDUCE PREVENTABLE PATIENT DEATHS IN HOSPITALS BY 2030. PSMF CONTINUED TO EDUCATE AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE INITIATIVE (CON SCH O) DURING EVENTS AND MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THE PATIENT SAFETY MOVEMENT FOUNDATION NOW HAS IMPACT ACROSS 54 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. SINCE INCEPTION OF THE PSMF 4,793 HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS IN 48 COUNTRIES HAVE PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY SOLUTIONS THAT WILL SAVE LIVES. THIS LAST YEAR WE ADDED 83 HOSPITALS TO OUR MOVEMENT AND EXPANDED THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE IMPACT BY TWO. THESE COMMITMENTS REPRESENT EFFORTS THAT SAVED 93,276, IN 2019 ALONE, WITH A CUMULATIVE 366,353 LIVES SAVED SINCE THE PSMF BEGAN SOLICITING COMMITMENTS 8 YEARS AGO . SIMILARLY, 92 HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE NOW SIGNED THE OPEN DATA PLEDGE (3 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. WE HAVE ALSO FORMED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 94 NON-PROFITS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES AND ADVOCACY GROUPS. WE GREW OUR PARTNERSHIPS BY 27 ORGANIZATIONS IN 2019 WHICH IS A 40% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR. THESE ORGANIZATIONS HELP SPREAD OUR MISSION TO THEIR MEMBERS AND NETWORK AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ACTIONABLE PATIENT SAFETY SOLUTIONS (APSS) WORKGROUPS, HELP TRANSLATE OUR CONTENT INTO THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGES, AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO JOIN OUR MOVEMENT.THIS YEAR FIVE NEW ACTIONABLE PATIENT SAFETY SOLUTIONS (APSS), WERE PUBLISHED ADDRESSING: APSS #2G: NON-VENTILATOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (NV-HAP)APSS #3G: OPIOID SAFETY STEWARDSHIPAPSS #8C: SAFER AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN NEONATES AND CHILDRENAPSS #8D: NEONATAL/PEDIATRIC UNPLANNED EXTUBATION (UE)APSS #14B: MOTHER/BABY FALLSTHESE 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 THREE DOCUMENTARIES HIGHLIGHTING HOW PROVIDERS HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THESE TRAGEDIES DO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. SINCE 2012, THE FOUNDATION HAS PRODUCED 37 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 39 SOLUTIONS AND TWO SPECIAL INTEREST WORKGROUPS (METRICS INTEGRITY AND TECHNOLOGY VETTING). IN 2019 THE PSMF DECIDED TO HONE IN ON THE 18 EXISTING CHALLENGES FACING HOSPITALS RATHER THAN INTRODUCE NEW CHALLENGES. THE WORKGROUPS WORKED COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND SPECIALTIES TO PRODUCE THE FIVE NEW SOLUTIONS, OR APSS, MENTIONED ABOVE. ALL 18 WORKGROUPS MEET VIRTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO UPDATE AND REVISE OF ALL 39 SOLUTIONS. 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. THE PSMF ALSO WAS PROUD TO IDENTIFY A PATIENT OR FAMILY MEMBER TO CO-CHAIR EACH OF THE 18 WORKGROUPS. THIS PATIENT/FAMILY MEMBER WORKED ALONGSIDE THE CLINICAL WORKGROUP CHAIR TO ENSURE THE PATIENT AND FAMILY PERSPECTIVE WAS INTEGRAL IN THE ANNUAL REVISIONS OF THE APSS.PSMF CONTINUED ITS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES THROUGH EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENT IN KEY MARKETS, SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY, AN ONLINE STORE WITH PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT OUR MESSAGE OF PATIENT SAFETY, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS BEFORE LEADING HOSPITALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WITH THE GOAL OF SOLICITING MORE COMMITMENTS TO ACTION AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PATIENT SAFETY WHICH IS MOSTLY STILL AN INVISIBLE ISSUE TO THE PUBLIC.

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