CPS  Welcome to Citizens for Patient Safety

Michael Skolnik

Citizens for Patient Safety is a global grassroots organization. Our agency builds alliances between and within diverse communities united in a common purpose by building bridges between consumers, the medical community, insurance and the legal community to improve the healthcare system and quality that patient's receive.

The origins of CPS began on September 21, 2001, when 22 year old Michael Skolnik underwent unnecessary brain surgery that ultimately led to his death three years later.


A study conducted by Health Grades Foundation in the U.S. suggests that medical errors are a major cause of death in this country, causing as many as 200,000 deaths each year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that there are 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections each year resulting in 99,000 deaths.

Preventable urinary tract infections number in the thousands and add an average of $40,000 to the cost of a hospital stay.

Medication errors injure 1.5 million patients every year.  

Our Mission at Citizens for Patient Safety is to educate ourselves and future generations to take action to protect our health and safety from medical errors. Read Michael Skolnik's Story

 

New Public Service Announcement Brings Attention to DORA Physician Lookup

 

New medical law gives patients more information (9 News)

 


Medical Board Implementing Physician Profile Requirements

The Colorado Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) has implemented the requirements of the Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act (“the Act”), which was enacted into law by the Colorado General Assembly in 2007 and amended in 2009. The Act requires all physicians who submit an application for an initial license, license reinstatement, reactivation, or renewal, on or after January 1, 2008 to disclose specific information that can be accessed by the public. Physicians in Inactive status and Shriners Hospital Physicians are exempt from the Physician Profile requirements. Read more about physician requirements.
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