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Using Speak Up in Your Organization

Speak Up™ campaigns and messages are used in a variety of ways in Joint Commission-accredited and -certified organizations, community and civic organizations, and other health care-related companies. Here are some of the ways Speak Up is being used.

Speak Up campaign materials and messages are used in:

  • Newsletters, magazines and peer-reviewed publications
  • Patient admission packets, handbooks and other patient education materials
  • Waiting rooms, doctors' offices and patient rooms
  • Health fairs
  • Billboards
  • Advertisements and local public service announcements
  • Closed circuit patient education television
  • Bedside tent cards
  • Organization websites, extranets and intranets
  • Online education and safety programs

Speak Up videos can be used shown:

  • Via closed-circuit TV in patient rooms or waiting rooms
  • On organization website or intranet
  • For patient education activities
  • During health or safety fairs