This year’s theme is United in Safety, meaning everyone in the healthcare process, from patients to care providers to executives, has a role in delivering safe care.
Some of the available resources include:
- The Patient Safety Awareness Week Implementation Checklist includes ideas of how to implement Patient Safety Awareness Week in the organization
- Ask Me 3 is a patient education program designed to improve communication between healthcare providers and patients
- Two free videos from NPSF provide tips for how patients can get engaged and stay safe during their care
- Suggested social media messages can be used by healthcare organizations to spread the word about Patient Safety Awareness Week.
- A patient and family engagement resource list, an engagement checklist and a toolkit for partnering patients and families for safe care can be found here
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