"The Mission of the Tri-Cities patient safety coalition is to advance the progress of patient safety in our community by collaborating as healthcare institutions, community leaders and specialists."


Tri-Cities Patient Safety Coalition

The Tri-Cities Patient Safety Coalition (TCPSC) was formed in 2005 after the three local hospitals (Kadlec Medical Center, Kennewick General Hospital and Lourdes Health Network) successfully collaborated for three years with Battelle Memorial Institute on performing failure assessments of healthcare systems. These first Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA) dealt with issues such as medication delivery, wrong site surgery and blood transfusions. Since that time, the Coalition has continued to address additional patient safety concerns.

The TCPSC has:

Current Projects:

Battelle BF Community Health Alliance Kadlec Medical Center Kennewick General Hospital Lourdes Health Network