Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO CREATE A UNIVERSALLY SAFE AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN AS PART OF A NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
SOLUTIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY (SPS) IS A UNIQUE LEARNING NETWORK CONSISTING OF 140+ CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL HOSPITAL MAKE PROGRESS ON A JOURNEY TO ZERO HARM IN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. EMPLOYING HIGH-RELIABILITY CONCEPTS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE METHODS, THE NETWORK IS FOCUSED ON REDUCING HARM BY PREVENTING SERIOUS SAFETY EVENTS, READMISSIONS (WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM DISCHARGE), AND 12 HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITIONS (HACS): ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS, CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, CENTRAL LINE- ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS, INJURIES FROM FALLS, PRESSURE INJURIES, PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS INFILTRATES/EXTRAVASATIONS, SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS, UNPLANNED EXTUBATIONS, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED EVENTS, ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP, AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM. THE SPS NETWORK HAS DEVELOPED SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS FOR HACS AND SPS PEDIATRIC PREVENTION BUNDLES AND PEDIATRIC RECOMMENDED BUNDLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE, GUIDED HOSPITALS IN ADOPTING CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIES, BUILT A ROBUST DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS INFRASTRUCTURE, LED AND EXECUTED HUNDREDS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOSPITALS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF ITS NETWORK, ENGAGED PATIENTS AND FAMILIES IN SAFETY EFFORTS IN NEW AND UNIQUE WAYS. THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NETWORK'S BEST PRACTICES, CHILDREN ARE BEING PROTECTED FROM HARM AND COSTS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SINCE 2012, THIS NATIONAL EFFORT HAS LED TO AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF MORE THAN 300 MILLION AND SAVED 15,589 CHILDREN FROM SERIOUS HARM, WITH A CONSISTENT UPWARD TREND IN HARM PREVENTED EVERY MONTH. IN 2019, SPS ALSO HOSTED OVER 130 LEARNING EVENTS, ENGAGING OVER 590 PARTICIPANTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Katy Welkie | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Viviano | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Beth Daley Ullem | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Robinson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Merrill | SECRETARY/TR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Fisher | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Fenwick | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Marcy Doderer | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Patti Depompei | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Madeline Bell | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| George Barrett | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Nicholas Lashutka | PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
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