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The Center for Patient Safety (CPS) was one of the first federally designated Patient Safety Organizations (PSO) in 2008. Today, we are one of the largest, most active, and most diverse PSOs in the country.
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What is a PSO?
In July 2005, Congress developed the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) in response to the Institute of Medicine report, To Err Is Human. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) oversees the Patient Safety Rule.
The Patient Safety Act and the Patient Safety Rule provide a structure for PSOs while the legislation provides confidentiality and privilege protections (inability to introduce the protected information in a legal proceeding), when certain requirements are met. The program intentionally differentiates PSO work from most regulatory and mandatory reporting programs.
Check out the most commonly used PSO acronyms.
How do PSOs improve safety?
PSOs support the collection, analysis, sharing and learning from incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions in through the use of Common Formats for uniform reporting of patient safety events. The information collected helps to determine what medical errors are occurring and why in order to prevent them from occurring again.
Who can participate with a PSO?
Any licensed provider can participate with a PSO and receive the protections, including but not limited to, emergency medical services (EMS), nursing homes, home health and hospice, pharmacies, hospitals, health systems, medical offices, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC).
Why join a PSO?
How to select a PSO?
With more than 80 PSOs and each one different from the next in it’s offerings, outreach, capabilities, mission, etc, it’s important to select the most appropriate PSO for your organization. Check out: How to Find the Best PSO for You or visit AHRQ’s Listed PSOs.
It’s easy to work with CPS!
The Center for Patient Safety is a highly active and engaging PSO. We have the tools and resources to help you join our PSO quickly and efficiently. We will help you every step of the way. Patient safety is all we do – and we want you to be successful!
Find out more about the benefits of joining the Center for Patient Safety’s PSO!
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