Pulse CPSEA Marks Close of 2021 TakeCHARGE Campaign Season

The active 2021 phase of the TakeCHARGE patient safety campaign (“5 Steps to Safer Health Care”) officially closes on September 17 — declared by the World Health Organization to be World Patient Safety Day.

The TakeCHARGE Campaign set out five basic steps or actions anybody can take to help improve their chances of safe medical care, and encouraged everyone to complete one step every month from April through August.

As Pulse founder and President Ilene Corina (BCPA) describes the need for such steps: “We don’t buckle our seatbelt while the car is crashing, or teach CPR in the middle of someone’s heart attack. It pays to be prepared and take real precautions when navigating our complex healthcare system.”

At the beginning of the same week, on Monday, September 13, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy will close the campaign’s successful second year with an online meeting of its People for Patient Safety group.

The PPS meeting will feature a speaker from The Joint Commission, the nation’s largest accreditor of healthcare institutions. Mark A. Crafton, MPA, MT (ASCP) Executive Director, Strategic Alliances Division of Business Development, Government and External Relations at The Joint Commission will describe how it strives to improve the quality and safety of care for all patients, as well as how its standards and resources help achieve this mission.

He will also tell the story of Joint Commission activities specifically supporting the TakeCHARGE Campaign’s 5 Steps to Safer Health Care. The JC not only promoted the campaign to its thousands of staff, but spread the “5 Steps” message to the public via its website and other channels.

The Joint Commission was one of about a dozen patient safety and patient advocacy organizations that have joined Pulse CPSEA as partners in rolling out this patient safety awareness and training effort nationwide and in Canada.

Corina continues: “When we started the TakeCHARGE Campaign early in 2020, it was just a small, Long Island-based program. In 2021 we have welcomed a dramatic expansion and have partnered with committed patient advocates and major organizations throughout the country. The campaign never really stops, but we hope for even greater public impact when we re-launch the 2022 TakeCHARGE Campaign’s 5 Steps in March next year.”

Learn more about this People for Patient Safety (PPS) evvent HERE.
Register HERE to attend People for Patient Safety — Sept. 13, 2021, 7:00pm.

Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (formerly PULSE of New York) is a grassroots, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization working to improve patient safety through advocacy education and support services. Our advocacy services are always provided free. Pulse also offers expert professional speakers to medical organizations and community/civic groups, and we seek sponsoring venues to host our training programs.

To learn more, call (516) 579-4711 or email pulsecpseaconnect@gmail.com