The mission of the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) is to improve measurably patient safety in the delivery of health care by its efforts to:

• Identify and create a core body of knowledge;
• Identify pathways to apply the knowledge;
• Develop and enhance the culture of receptivity to patient safety;
• Raise public awareness and foster communications about patient safety; and 
• Improve the status of the Foundation and its ability to meet its goals.