World Patient Safety Day
Observed Annually, July 25th
Mission: Offer hope, healing and advocacy for safe healthcare - today and everyday
Vision: Save lives and reduce healthcare costs through elimination of preventable medical errors and harm.
Virtual Candlelight Moment of Silence
Online Across the World July 25th, Annually (click candle)
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Since 2001, many of you have joined with others throughout the world in the annual Patient Safety Day observance on July 25th. Upon last count, patients,families, providers and consumer groups from at least 43 U.S. states and several countries have participated in the Patient Safety Day moment of silence and candlelight vigil; in tribute to those who work to improve the safety and quality of healthcare for future patients - in memory of patients and families who have lost their life or quality of life due to medical error harm. Wherever you are on July 25th, in your home, at work or at a group Patient Safety Day event within your community, light a candle - or view the virtual candle on this page (or turn on your headlights if in your car), or simply take a moment to pause at noon in your timezone for a moment of silence that will connect you with the heart of others across the world on Patient Safety Day.
- Patient Safety Day is a time to embrace life, loss, change and hope; a day that gives everyone a moment of silence to reflect and join in a shared vision of safer healthcare and a shared moment to honor the lives of all patients and families affected by medical error harm and those whose work contributed to safer, quality patient care.
Visionary and compassionate leaders who have recognized and/or joined in support of Patient Safety Day on July 25th, annually
Alliance For Patient Safety, Voice4Patients, PULSEAmerica, PULSEofNewYork, Empowered Patient Coalition, Patient Safety Cleveland, Association of Dialysis Advocates, Mothers Against Medical Error, Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), 1stDoNoHarm, Luna'sLight, Colorado Citizens for Accountability, Floridians For Patient Protection, Ohio Patient Safety Institute, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, HCPro Patient Safety Monitor, Amistaff Healthcare Technology, HHS HRSA PSSC, Allnurses, RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, HCFA, New Mexico Medical Review Assoc. (Medicare QIO), North Shore Nephrology, Huffington Post columnist and book author Patrick Malone, TapRoot, NPSF MedQIC, Consumers Union, Patient Safety Culture Club of Central Taiwan, Ventana Medical Systems, Dialysis Patient Citizens - dialysispatients.org, Washington Advocates for Patient Safety, Washington State Coalition for Language Access, the World Health Organization, University of Malaya in Malaysia and Prophecy Healthcare in North Carolina. U.S. Congressmen, State Senators and State House Representatives, Assemblymen, Governors, Mayors, City Councilmembers and other politicians and governmental entities within the U.S. and equal global partners are continuing to demonstrate visionary and compassionate leadership through their work and support of Patient Safety Day; as are patients, families, medical, nursing, pharmacy and other provider disciplines and healthcare enterprises who have and continue to join in support of World, Global, National Patient Safety Day July 25th.
New 2013: Representatives from 1 additional country recognized and/or joined in support of Patient Safety Day on July 25th:
Malaysia
New 2012: Representatives from 5 additional countries recognized and/or joined in support of Patient Safety Day on July 25th:
Pakistan, Nigeria, Japan, Thailand and Canada
Patient Safety Day Nightingale and Codman Award Honorees
2013 All patients, families, providers & other patient safety & quality heroes whose life has contributed to the furtherance of the Nightingale & Codman mission and values 2012 All patients, families, providers & other patient safety & quality heroes whose life has contributed to the furtherance of the Nightingale & Codman mission and values
2011 Dr. Charles Denham
2010 Veteran Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) and PULSEAmerica.
2009 Dr. Lucian Leape
We were pleased to announce that Dr. Charles Denham was the 2011 Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman Patient Safety Day Award honoree (click on "press release" link at top of page). Below is one brief article that references the values and achievement of both Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman - two selfless pioneers. Florence Nightingale, a nurse, was the first epidemiologist, statistician, evidence-based practice and patient safety pioneer who focused on outcomes in health care. Dr. Codman followed with his stellar surgical career and hospital evidence-based “end results” theory and practice. Nightingale and Codman represented the values, character and pioneering evidence-based applied and translational practice that placed patient safety and quality outcomes above all else. The Inaugural Patient Safety Day Award recipient, Dr. Lucian Leape, the second annual honorees, the VA NSQIP team and PULSEAmerica and the third annual honoree, Dr. Charles Denham, follow in and broaden the "patient safety first" footpath of Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman. http://www5.aaos.org/oko/ebp/EBP001/suppPDFs/OKO_EBP001_S29.pdf
With Gratitude,
The 2013 World Patient Safety Day Committee,
Dr. Patti O'Regan, Founder Ilene Corina, Strategic Planning and Development Committee
Jennifer Dingman, Nightingale-Codman Award Committee Co-Chair
Becky Martins, Secretary, Strategic Planning and Development Committee
Arlene Salamendra, Strategic Planning and Development Committee, Art Consultant
*Please email us if you are joining in the moment of silence 2013 so you and your state and country can be counted: send your name (first name is ok), state or country and the words World Patient Safety Day 2013 in the subject line to pattioregan@gmail.com. Your email address will remain confidential.
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