The “Speak Up” videos are intended as public service announcements and are available for viewing at The Joint Commission’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/TheJointCommission. In the videos, characters encounter everyday situations where they have to “speak up” and a parallel is drawn between these instances and patients speaking up about their care in a doctor’s office or hospital, according to a news release.
In addition to the videos, the Speak Up program, which launched in 2002, offers brochures, posters and buttons on a variety of patient safety topics.
National Patient Safety Awareness Week goes from March 6-12.
Read The Joint Commission news release about the Speak Up videos.
Learn more about the initiatives of Speak Up.
Read more from The Joint Commission:
– Joint Commission Publishes First 2011 Issue of Ambulatory Advisor
– Patient Safety Tool: Joint Commission’s ‘Do Not Use’ List of Abbreviations
– Report: Few Hospitals in Compliance With New Joint Commission Language Access Standards
