Newsletter, February 2024
“I believe in persistence. As long as the market is big enough and the reward is there if you ever do solve a problem, don’t give up.” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In many parts of the world,...
Newsletter, January 2024
“Make your commitment to ZERO… starting with culture of safety from your executive governing board down to the lowest paid employees.” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO As we start the new year, we at the...
Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Mid-Year Meeting Charts Course for Global Patient Safety Initiatives in 2024
IRVINE, Calif.—Jan. 26, 2024—The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) convened its annual Mid-Year Event to discuss safety challenges in the healthcare system that result in millions of preventable deaths around the world. Keynote addresses and roundtable...
A Quest to Improve Perioperative Safety: Perspective from Uganda.
Over the past decade, surgery and anaesthesia have begun to take centre stage in the discussions around global health and solutions to the ever-increasing surgical burden of disease around the world are beginning to receive long overdue attention. The 68th World...
Newsletter, December 2023
“I want to be very, very clear: We are in a moment where we have tremendous momentum. This is the time.” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO December is the time for giving, and I would like to thank those of...
Newsletter, November 2023
“If you are principled and you do the right thing for the right reasons, good things will eventually happen.” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO We are pleased to announce that one of our Governance Board...
Misdiagnosing These 15 Diseases Has Deadly Consequences
One of the realities of healthcare in the US is that diagnostic safety and quality receive relatively minimal funding despite the enormous burden of harm, which is linked to misdiagnosis-related medical errors. Earlier this year, a new study in the BMJ Quality &...
Newsletter, October 2023
Letter from CEO The world is in more turmoil than usual, with wars going on and untold civilian casualties. We at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation are known for our recognition of loved ones who have lost someone from preventable harm in...
