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pso.ahrq.gov/resources/other
August 01, 2022 - Improvement Resources
AHRQ funds research to improve patient safety and quality across all settings of care … tools and resources that patient safety organizations (PSOs), clinicians and others can use to make care … on various topics, including some that patients can use to improve the safety and quality of their care
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pso-brochure.pdf
March 01, 2020 - is the concern that patient safety
information that you or your organization create as
part of the care … can enhance your patient safety and quality
improvement activities:
■ Over half of general acute-care … the confidentiality of patients, those who
report events, and all individual providers and
health care … Does the PSO specialize in a particular
area of care?
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/working-with-pso-webinar-value-hospitals.pdf
January 01, 2020 - types of individuals and entities licensed or otherwise authorized
under State law to provide health care … • Also,
► government organizations that deliver health care, and
► parent organizations* of licensed … provider entities and government organizations
that deliver health care. … quality, or health care
outcomes and which
− The provider assembles or develops for reporting to a … For example, a health care system can pool data
and share experiences across facilities and clinicians
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/OnDemand%20Webinar%20Slides%20-%20June%2010%202015.pdf
January 01, 2010 - professional; or
► (B) a health care provider only if such provider implements such
mechanisms to … improve health care quality as the Secretary may
by regulation require.
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State Coverage of … ► E.g. medication safety
• UMHS is a leader in QI efforts for adult care
► Aim to be a leader in … children’s care
• But how to do this? … and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Key Components
Benefits of Working With A PSO
Affordable Care
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pso.ahrq.gov/resources/readmission
August 01, 2022 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) designates that PSOs help hospitals with high … Section 3025 of the Affordable Care Act added section 1886(q) to the Social Security Act, establishing … The program supports the national goal of improving health care for Americans by linking payment to the … quality of hospital care. … Resources and Tools to Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Choosing%20a%20PSO.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Choosing a Patient Safety Organization: Tips for Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Background
The … It encourages clinicians
and health care organizations to voluntarily report to, and
share quality … PSOs help health care
professionals learn from data on patient safety events to
prevent them from happening … Safety Databases (NPSD) and
compare data nationwide
Things to Consider When
Choosing a PSO
Health care … ■ Do you need a PSO that specializes in a
particular area of care?
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ai-healthcare-safety-program.pdf
July 01, 2025 - incorrect action from the algorithm itself or healthcare staff using AI-
based technologies for patient care … Due to fear that information related to safety events and
opportunities to improve care could be used … of, “the nationwide reduction and prevention of inadvertent harm to patients as a result of their care … system in the United States and serves the nation’s veterans
by providing primary and specialized care … Not only is there a lack of peer-reviewed
prospective evidence of its effects on patient care and the
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ChoosingPSO_2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Choosing a Patient Safety Organization: Tips for Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Background
Your … organization is committed to making health care
better and safer for your patients. … The Patient Safety Act encourages clinicians and
health care organizations to voluntarily report to … ■ Does the PSO specialize in a particular area of
care? … ■ Does the PSO specialize in a particular health
care setting?
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/strategies-to-improve-patient-safety_draft-report.pdf
December 21, 2021 - AHRQ Health Services Research Projects: Making
health care safer in ambulatory care settings and long … term care facilities (R01). … care partners.
6. … Engage patients, families, and care partners in the co-production of care.
7. … , general and specialty medical care in various settings, home health and hospice, long-
term care, mental
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/guides-psos-providers-determining-parent-orgs-affiliated-providers.pdf
July 01, 2021 - hospice program, renal dialysis facility, ambulatory surgical center, pharmacy,
physician or health care … practitioner’s office (includes a group practice), long term care
facility, behavior health residential … providers that
provide health care services as licensed or authorized under State law. … Paragraph 2 was added “because public health care entities and their
staff are not always authorized … Paragraph 3 “was intended to permit the parent organization of a health care provider system to enter
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pso-program-acronyms.pdf
October 01, 2022 - language and definitions that AHRQ is developing for reporting safety concerns from a variety of health care … protected health information, held and maintained by covered entities, which are
health plans, health care … clearinghouses, and certain health care providers. … and analyses of patient safety event information to help reduce adverse
events and improve health care … means: (1) an individual or entity licensed or otherwise authorized under State law to provide
health care
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pso.ahrq.gov/maintain
June 01, 2022 - activity: conducting activities with providers to improve patient safety and the quality of health care
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsdpatient-safety-culture-brief.pdf
September 01, 2016 - How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture
How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations … Improve Patient Safety Culture
Developing a culture of safety is an essential task for
health care … challenges
such as a lack of teamwork, poor communication, and
the conflicting priorities of health care … Health care organizations should plan to re-administer
the AHRQ surveys after member organizations have … Institute of Medicine
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Patient%20Safety%20Act%20PDF.pdf
January 01, 2025 - means the following activities:
‘‘(A) Efforts to improve patient safety and the quality
of health care … the conduct of patient safety
activities;
and which could result in improved patient safety,
health care … quality, or health care outcomes; or
‘‘(ii) which identify or constitute the deliberations
or analysis … —
‘‘(A) an individual or entity licensed or otherwise
authorized under State law to provide health care … pice program, renal dialysis facility, ambulatory sur-
gical center, pharmacy, physician or health care
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/Patient-Safety-Act-2005.pdf
January 01, 2005 - means the following activities:
‘‘(A) Efforts to improve patient safety and the quality
of health care … the conduct of patient safety
activities;
and which could result in improved patient safety,
health care … quality, or health care outcomes; or
‘‘(ii) which identify or constitute the deliberations
or analysis … —
‘‘(A) an individual or entity licensed or otherwise
authorized under State law to provide health care … pice program, renal dialysis facility, ambulatory sur-
gical center, pharmacy, physician or health care
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/fda-guidance-pso.pdf
December 01, 2010 - CFR Part 3, provide for the disclosure of information
relating to patient safety events by health care … information and
analyze these patient safety events so as to improve patient safety and the quality of care … primary activity must be to conduct activities to improve patient safety and the quality of
health care
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pso.ahrq.gov/faq
April 01, 2023 - preventable adverse events, a healthcare setting can become safer, thereby enhancing the quality of care … aggregate, and analyze data, thus identifying and reducing the risks and hazards associated with patient care … For hospitals with high risk-adjusted readmission rates for certain conditions, the Affordable Care Act
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/fedregnotice-05242016.pdf
January 04, 2025 - ’ to share
and learn from information related to
patient safety events, and 2) to promote
health care … of improving patient safety and
reducing medical errors by establishing
a system in which health care … , and health care
outcomes to PSOs. … If a patient is injured
while under a provider’s care, the tort
system offers an avenue to compensate … Information related to care or treat-
ment provided to the patient.