Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety
The Community of Competence™ and Foundation for Life
Our Vision, Mission, Purpose and Values
Our vision is to inspire and inform patients, their families, healthcare professionals, and support personnel of ways to improve health outcomes through the practice of patient-centered medicine to attain and maintain a better quality of life.
Our mission is to promote patient safety and healthcare quality through education, research and the demonstrated practice of patient-centered healthcare within a supportive organizational culture of safety.
Our purpose is to create synergy among our steadily growing number of communities (nurses, health educators and promoters, business partners, biomedical and safety engineers, health information scientists, environmental experts, interns, fellows, ethicists, Oslerians, and volunteers) and other healthcare professionals to steadily improve the safety, quality, equity, timeliness, effectiveness, and efficiency of healthcare.
Our values are based on:
- Respect all people and cultures seeking knowledge and quality healthcare
- Trust and integrity in all relationships to provide a safe, caring environment in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, ambulatory care centers, doctors' offices, patients' own homes, and in any setting where health care is delivered
- Stewardship and appropriate use of existing human and monetary resources by forming collaborative partnerships with existing for-profit and non-profit organizations within the City of Houston, the State of Texas, and beyond.
- Shared knowledge and wisdom deriving from communities of people with proven expertise, compassion, and competence-Community of Competence™ trademarked by Elizabeth A. Smith, PhD, Founder and Executive-Director, on November 8, 2005.
Environmental conservation statement
We strive to be environmentally friendly and conservative in our mission to promote patient safety and healthcare quality. Whenever appropriate and feasible, we are committed to using recycled copy paper of at least 35% post-consumer content, which requires 35% fewer trees for paper production, is 15% more energy efficient, results in 13% fewer greenhouse gas emissions; produces 32% fewer hazardous air pollutants, and generates 17% less solid waste and water pollution. We also join our office and building occupants in conserving energy by shutting off the air conditioning on weekends and holidays. We invite you to join our community of environmentally responsible partners and challenge you to help us save the planet.
| Vision Mission Values |
| History |
| Logo |
| Code of Ethics |
| CMFPS Board |
| Press Releases |
| Communication |
| Disclosure |
| Leadership |
| Scientific Conduct |
| Officers |
| Abstracts |
| C.A.R.E. |
| Partners |
| Interns & Fellows |
| National P.S. Community |
| Institutional Rev Board |
| CUE Model |
| Share Our Stories |
| Unused and Expired Medicines |
| Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Patient Safety Organization |
| Integrated Health Care and Wellness |
| Organizational Studies |
| Medical Devices |
| Natl UEM Registry |
| Natl Dir Drug Take Back Programs |
| GROUP Campaign |
| TBI Screening Center |
| Purpose and Goals |
| Research Activities |
| Models of Integrative Medicine |
| F.A.Q.s |
| Patient Safety Forum |
| Colloquium |
| Seminars and Workshops |
| Patient Safety Products |