The Colorado Medical Society, Citizens for Patient Safety, Colorado Hospital Association, and Rocky Mountain Patient Safety Organization are preparing to launch a new initiative in 2011 called Think About It Colorado.

They hope to serve as the catalyst for a statewide dialogue on patient safety.  They’ve tapped the expertise of a diverse network of groups and individuals and are formulating their plan to promote statewide awareness of patient safety concerns and opportunities and to engage consumers and providers in fostering a culture of patient safety.

The Think About It Colorado campaign will raise awareness about the ongoing initiatives, needs and opportunities to improve patient safety and create the will to move towards an improved system that:

• Holds health professionals and health care facilities accountable for the quality of the care they provide.
• Assists injured patients and their families compassionately and fairly.
• Improves safety by ensuring that health professionals and health care facilities share the learning from problems that occur in the course of health care.
• Provides information to patients and their families to become active participants in their own health care.

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