2025 I AM Patient Safety

Eugene Myers (eugemyers@pa.gov) is the associate editor of Engagement and Publications for the Patient Safety Authority. He previously served as editor-in-chief of Communications, Office of Institutional Advancement, at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, and is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of books for children and young adults.

The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) established the I AM Patient Safety Achievement Awards¹ to recognize that everyone in healthcare has a role in patient safety: admission registrars, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, environmental staff, and more. The annual IAPS contest is an opportunity for healthcare staff to celebrate and share the inspiring stories of peers who go above and beyond to ensure safe care for their patients.

This year, PSA introduced several new award categories to highlight champions for their commitment to safety, solutions to address healthcare disparity, improving the medication administration process, and educating and engaging patients as partners in their own care. Although only one person or team can win the award in each category, every nominee deserves congratulations for their extraordinary efforts, accomplishments, and contributions to patient safety. Many of their successes will be published on the PSA’s website as examples of how event reporting catalyzes change that improves care within a facility, a health system, or even nationwide.²

The 2025 IAPS awards were judged by patient safety advocates; government, university, and patient representatives; and healthcare executives, who carefully evaluated 147 nominations from 50 healthcare facilities for innovation, impact, sustainability, and scalability. In addition to the nine juried awards, PSA Executive Director Regina Hoffman, MBA, RN, selected a Choice Award winner for special recognition.​