As a PSO, we are proud to say that every day, we work to nurture the relationships with individuals within our member organizations, who are at the heart of their safety, risk, and quality teams. During this milestone year, we asked our members to define the value that ECRI and the ISMP PSO membership brings them. Overwhelmingly, they said the value proposition is to make patient care safer, build a reputation for safety, support their clinical and safety workforce, and improve outcomes and value of care.
There has been a growing call for renewed action and transformation around eliminating preventable harm. ECRI and ISMP PSO, along with 26 other organizations, contributed to the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, calling for a total systems approach to redesign the complex system in which healthcare is delivered. In late 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released bold recommendations in the Report to the President calling for a transformational effort on patient safety. As a PSO, we commit to serving healthcare providers in their journey to redesign systems to eliminate preventable harm.
Now, as we look toward the next phase of transforming safety, total systems safety is the path forward. This path is built with a more holistic methodology anchored in system design, human factors engineering, health equity, and advanced safety science. This path will not be easy. It will require critical focus not only on innovation, but also on collaboration and adoption. Positive change is successful only if it is embraced by leaders, team members, patients, and families.
Thank you to all the leaders in safety, quality, and risk for the time, energy, and dedication that you all put in, every day, to improve safe and effective care. We are proud to partner with you in patient safety.
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