COLORADO CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PATIENT SAFETY
Reducing preventable harm by supporting healthcare organizations and providers with protected Patient Safety Organization (PSO) services, safety culture assessment, education, and improvement programs that strengthen systems and protect patients and providers.
About COLORADO CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PATIENT SAFETY
The Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety (publicly branded as the Center for Patient Safety, CPS) is a not‑for‑profit organization based in Denver that works with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to reduce preventable patient harm. CPS operates a federally recognized Patient Safety Organization (PSO), provides safety culture assessments and training (including EMS‑focused programs), and runs clinical collaboratives and improvement initiatives that help health systems, hospitals, EMS, long‑term care, pharmacies and ambulatory providers identify risks and implement system changes. In recent years CPS has grown its program portfolio and membership, expanding its PSO services and EMS‑focused offerings while continuing to deliver education, culture measurement tools, and collaborative improvement projects to thousands of provider organizations nationwide.
Notable achievements
Early AHRQ PSO designation
One of the earliest organizations designated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as a Patient Safety Organization, enabling protected aggregation and analysis of patient safety work product to support system improvement.
EMSForward program & EMS safety survey
Developed a nationally used EMS‑focused safety program and the only culture of safety survey specifically tailored for first responders, supporting culture measurement and targeted improvement in prehospital care.
Program growth and expanded reach (2023–2024)
Significant recent growth in program activity and revenues accompanied an expansion of PSO membership and training offerings, increasing the organization’s capacity to serve health systems, ambulatory providers, and EMS agencies nationwide.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $5.9M
- Annual revenue
- $3.1M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 84-1228675
- Location
- Denver, CO
- Website
- www.centerforpatientsafety.org
- On Mahalo since
- September 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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