By Dean Samet, CHSP
Direct from The Joint Commission web site is information on how your patients can contribute to their own safety and help reduce your numbers in health care errors.
In March of 2002, The Joint Commission (TJC), together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), launched a national campaign to urge patients to take a role in preventing health care errors by becoming informed, active, and involved in their own health care and participants on the health care team. The campaign features brochures and posters which address a variety of patient safety topics. Speak Up™ encourages the public to:
