Fact Sheet
Stand Up for Patient Safety™
The National Patient Safety Foundation recognizes the immediate needs of healthcare organizations as they work to embed patient safety in the care delivery process. The Stand Up for Patient Safety program enables your organization to participate as a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation, while also supporting your efforts to understand and achieve current patient safety goals in alignment with regulatory and publicly reported initiatives.
Core Member Benefits
- Comprehensive Member Resource Guide
Includes a step-by-step toolkit, DVDs, customizable brochure templates and other essential resources for organizations to build and sustain a robust patient
safety program.
- Ready-To-Use Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) Toolkit
Held in March, PSAW is an awareness-building campaign sponsored annually by NPSF. The PSAW Toolkit provides themed materials and customizable content to improve patient safety at the local level.
- Stand Up for Patient Safety Logo
Members are encouraged to reproduce the Stand Up for Patient Safety logo on organizational brochures, press releases, websites and marketing material.
- Membership Recognition Plaque
Members receive a recognition plaque upon enrollment that demonstrates the organization’s commitment to patient safety through membership in the Stand Up program.
- NPSF Professional Learning Series
Complimentary access to attend live monthly webcasts, with available CE credits! Members also have access to archived events. Recent topics include: Disclosure
Policies, Health Literacy and Health Information Technology.
- Registration Discount for theAnnual NPSF Patient Safety Congress
A 20% discount on registration encourages attendance at this preeminent patient safety event. Attendees collaborate with key industry leaders, share new strategies, gain practical knowledge and devise innovative solutions to foster change.
- Complimentary Registration for NPSF &Lexington Healthcare Regional Seminar Series
A dynamic seminar series providing focused learning opportunities for healthcare professionals to advance current patient safety activities and achieve organizational goals.
- Unlimited Access to Virtual Patient Safety Community
Collaborate and share best practices and challenges, extend your network, and evolve as an exemplar of patient safety. The website also hosts the Virtual Resource Guide and archived Audio-Web Conferences.
- Publications, Literature Alerts and More…
Current Awareness, a digest of current literature highlighting articles of interest to the patient safety community, and Focus on Patient Safety, the official newsletter of NPSF, are conveniently delivered electronically to members.
The decision is yours. Stand up for patient safety today!
Programs are available for Hospitals, Physician Practices and Ambulatory Facilities.
For more information about membership, or to join Stand Up for Patient Safety, contact
us at StandUp@npsf.org or visit us online at http://www.npsf.org/. For a StandUp fact sheet and application in a printable PDF form, click here.
Qualified organizations insured by Lexington Healthcare for medical professional liability coverage have a unique opportunity. Lexington Healthcare will support your organization’s participation in the Stand Up for Patient Safety program by providing a risk management credit to your primary or lead excess policy in the amount of the program enrollment or renewal fee.
