30,000 Children Spared from Harm
Thanks to the collaboration between 150+ children's hospitals in the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Network, we are excited to announce that we have spared more than 30,000 children from serious harm events since our work began in 2009!
We are making great strides toward eliminating serious harm across all children's hospitals. This significant safety milestone has also resulted in an estimated savings of $668.4 million in healthcare costs.
SPS began as a partnership between children’s hospitals and the business community, under the leadership of the Ohio Business Roundtable, to improve quality and reduce costs. The Network began as eight Ohio children’s hospitals focused on putting competition aside to eliminate serious harm. It has since grown to include more than 150 children’s hospitals across North America.
“When SPS began nearly 16 years ago, we had an aspirational concept to see what we could do better and faster together to decrease healthcare-acquired conditions in children’s hospitals. And now, we have a shared goal that is larger than anything any of us could have imagined: to transform pediatric patient and employee safety with the urgent mission to eliminate serious harm across all children’s hospitals - and it is happening. Importantly, the collaborative and intentional pursuit of the vision of zero harm has led us to 30,000 children spared, and the impact of the Network only continues to grow.”
— Nick Lashutka, SPS Chief Executive Officer
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Phone: 740-974-3948
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