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A resource for upcoming patient safety and culture improvement learning and sharing through webinars, events, activities and more. All times listed are Central Time.

Upcoming Events
Bridging the Gap in Home Care Safety: How Culture Surveys Uncover Hidden Risks
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Join the Center for Patient Safety (CPS) on June 30, 2026, from 12:00–12:30 PM (CT) for a webinar to help home care leaders connect quality, safety, compliance and frontline culture.
 
We will discuss how to leverage culture safety surveys to identify hidden vulnerabilities, satisfy surveyor expectations, and support quality improvements.
 
  • Use culture survey metrics as evidence of proactive risk management and continuous quality improvement (QAPI)
  • Map specific culture survey indicators directly to CMS Conditions of Participation and Joint Commission standards.
  • Use CPS' home care culture survey insights to support proactive programming and create plans of correction that satisfy regulatory bodies.
 
Whether your organization is new to assessing its safety culture or looking to build on existing efforts, this webinar will provide practical insight to help guide the way forward.
 
Audience
Designed specifically for home health and hospice executives, compliance officers, quality assurance and performance improvement directors, risk directors, and clinical directors who are committed to strengthening safety culture, identifying improvement priorities, and advancing safer, more reliable care.
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Mitigating Your Risk Exposure for Fall Events
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This session will explore actionable strategies to reduce falls, improve outcomes, and lower financial risk.

What you’ll learn:

  • Understand the difference between fall risk screening and assessment
  • Identify the four types of falls and their preventability
  • Evaluate your current fall prevention program
  • Apply actions to address gaps and improve outcomes

Meet the Speaker:

Amy L. Hester, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, HD Nursing, LLC

Dr. Amy Hester is a nationally recognized leader in fall prevention and patient safety. She founded HD Nursing in 2012 and has helped over 200 hospitals improve outcomes by reducing falls by up to 40% and injuries by 60%. Her work focuses on evidence-based strategies that reduce risk, improve quality, and support value-based care.

Continuing Education Credits (CE)
This webinar is open to the public; however, Continuing Education (CE) credits are available only to Center for Patient Safety (CPS) PSO / currently contracted survey clients, Rural and Community Institute PSO, HD Nursing PSO and Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety (NCPS) members.

Rural Community Health Institute PSO is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 17787, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

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What is Patient Safety for EMS
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“What is Patient Safety in EMS?” is an essential introduction to patient safety for EMS professionals. This webinar explores what patient safety means within the unique environment of EMS and provides a broad overview of how the field has evolved to address risks and challenges specific to emergency settings.

Patient safety in EMS covers a wide range of priorities—from reducing adverse events and mitigating risk to fostering a culture of open communication and transparency. Attendees will gain insight into how a commitment to safety supports better patient outcomes, a more supportive work environment, and increased trust from the communities served.

Dates and Time (This webinar is offered on two separate dates. Please select one session when registering.) 

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Event Host: Center for Patient Safety
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How to Implement a Patient Safety organization (PSO) for EMS
How to Implement a Patient Safety organization (PSO) for EMS
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In “The Patient Safety Organization and EMS”, we’ll explore the purpose and benefits of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) in EMS. PSOs were established as part of a federal initiative to improve patient safety by encouraging reporting and learning from adverse events. This session will provide a detailed overview of the legal protections that PSOs offer to EMS organizations, and how to effectively implement this resoruce.

By joining a PSO, EMS organizations can protect the confidentiality of safety data and foster a non-punitive environment where incidents can be reported without fear of reprisal. This session will be particularly valuable for those in leadership or administrative roles who are new to PSOs or considering joining a PSO as it covers the benefits of PSO membership, the role of federal protections, and the ways in which PSOs contribute to a safety-centered organizational culture in an EMS organization.
 

Dates and Time (This webinar is offered on two separate dates. Please select one session when registering.) 

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Event Host: Center for Patient Safety
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Collaborative Just Culture and High Reliability in EMS
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Just Culture and High Reliability in EMS is a practical, systems-focused webinar for EMS leaders and clinicians who are done blaming individuals for predictable failures and ready to build consistently safe systems. EMS operates in one of the most complex, high-risk environments in healthcare, yet many agencies still rely on discipline, improvisation, and individual heroics to function. This session blends Collaborative

Just Culture® with Collaborative High Reliability®, a science-based framework that emphasizes seeing, understanding, and managing risk collaboratively across the organization, not just reacting to outcomes, so teams can prevent harm and sustain excellence over time.
 

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Event Host: Center for Patient Safety
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