The 22nd Northwest Patient Safety Conference
“Navigating Rough Seas”
REGISTRATION OPENS JULY 1!
Presented in collaboration with the Oregon Patient Safety Commission and Health Quality B.C.
About The Conference
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 16th – 17th, 2025 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time
Welcome to our 22nd conference! The theme is “Navigating Rough Seas”. Currently, our health care environment is turbulent and unpredictable. This year’s conference will provide insight and actionable tools and techniques to help us address the challenging and unique time we are in. So, “hold fast” and join us October 16 and 17, 2025!
We provide accredited programming and CE credits for BCPA, CPHQ, CPHRM, CPPS and Nursing Contact Hours.
As always, the presentations are recorded and available for a year for everyone registered.
We’re Finalizing The Program
Here is a sample of the presentation topics.
- Why we still kill patients and what needs to change so we don’t.
- Humility and identity as pathways to trust.
- A new toolkit to partner with patients and families to enhance safety.
- Patient and family partner participation in the RCA Process
- Innovative community based equitable ecosystems of care.
- The AHRQ toolkits for improving diagnosis (IDEAS).
- Cognitive bias mitigation.
- Case studies in improving patient outcomes by improving health equity.
Sponsor Opportunities Are Available!
We are pleased to invite interested sponsors to support our 22nd annual conference. All sponsors will be recognized on the Washington Patient Safety Coalition website and marketing materials. In addition to those benefits, there are several packages that offer improved visibility and marketing options.
SPONSORSHIP IS CRITICAL. As a sponsor you are helping to subsidize the cost of the conference for healthcare staff and provide free attendance to patients, families, and students. Sponsorship applications, benefits and details are available HERE.
About the Northwest Patient Safety Conference
Now in its 22nd year, the Northwest Patient Safety Conference is the only event of its kind in the Western US, uniting healthcare professionals, providers, patients, families, and caregivers from all care settings for networking and engaging in sessions with industry thought leaders invested in improving the patient experience. It is a collaboration between the Washington Patient Safety Coalition, the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, and Health Quality B.C.
Members of the conference committee who are putting on this fantastic conference
Amelina Kassa Jonathan Stewart
Anita Sulaiman Naomi Kirtner
David Birnbaum Rex Johnson
Dallas Smith Sydney Edlund
Farinaz Havaei Valerie Harmon
Jamie Leviton Yanling Yu
Jeff Goldenberg
About the Washington Patient Safety Coalition
The Washington Patient Safety Coalition brings together a diverse group of participants to focus on achieving common patient safety goals. Our mission is to improve safety for patients receiving health care in Washington, in all care settings, with a vision of safe care for every patient, every time, everywhere. The WPSC is a program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a trusted, independent, third-party resource to all participants in the health care community – including patients, providers, payers, employers, government agencies, and public health professionals.
Why we still kill patients and what needs to change so we don’t
Cognitive bias mitigation
Humility and identity as pathways to trust
Panel discussion on minimum nurse/patient ratios
Partnering with patients and families to enhance safety
Patient and family partner participation in Patient Safety Event Reviews
Implementing diagnostic excellence across systems: An opportunity to improve care
Cultural safety is patient safety: Reporting and responding to indigenous-specific racism and discrimination in healthcare
Case studies in improving patient outcomes by improving health equity
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Building the table together: Lessons on authentic community rngagement from INSPIRE
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We are pleased to invite interested sponsors to support our 22nd Annual Conference. As a sponsor you are helping to subsidize the cost of the conference to healthcare staff and provide free attendance to patients, families, and students.
THIS YEAR’S PACKAGES OFFER SEVERAL LEVELS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE.
Details of package benefits are described in the application.
- Platinum Sponsor – $10,000 (1 available)
- Gold Sponsor(s) – $7,500 (3 available)
- Silver Sponsor(s) – $5,000
- Bronze Sponsor(s) – $2,500
- Supporter(s) of Patient Safety – $1,500
All sponsors will be recognized on the Washington Patient Safety Coalition website and marketing materials with sponsor logos linking to a webpage of your choice.
Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors have access to a dedicated page on the conference website which can include images, videos, links, etc.
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WELCOME TO THE 2025 22ND ANNUAL NORTHWEST PATIENT SAFETY CONFERENCE!
On the day of the meeting, click on the button above to enter the event portal. To gain access, you will be required to enter your attendee confirmation code that you can find at the very bottom of your registration confirmation email OR by clicking HERE to recover your code. If you have any trouble getting in, please contact Amelina Kassa at 206-204-7384.
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