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January 01, 2020 - Improving Quality and Safety
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal … with, but whether it is
the same problem you had last year
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January 01, 2010 - o Not good enough for a high reliability organization
► Compounded oral medications a particular problem … pharmacists, doctors, and
hospitals
► Starting point was the MHA PSO
► Every other hospital had the same problem
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March 01, 2020 - Choosing a Patient Safety Organization
Choosing a Patient Safety
Organization
Background
You are committed to making healthcare safer and
better for your patients. One of the challenges to
achieving this goal is the concern that patient safety
information that you or your organization create as
part of the ca…
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Work With a PSO
How To Choose a PSO
Become a PSO
Maintain a PSO Listing
How To Choose a PSO
Are you eligible to work with a PSO?
An individual or entity licensed or ot…
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August 01, 2012 - Choosing a Patient Safety Organization: Tips for Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Background
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
(Patient Safety Act) authorized the creation of Patient
Safety Organizations (PSOs). It encourages clinicians
and health care organizations to voluntarily report to…
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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 organizations as they strive to eliminate
the factors that contribute to medical errors, patient
harm, …
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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. But achieving this
goal is no small feat. You and your staff must collect
data, identify quality and safety problems, design
impr…
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/strategies-to-improve-patient-safety_draft-report.pdf
December 21, 2021 - and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety
Act).2 The IOM Report brought attention to the problem … catastrophic effects, HROs are exceptionally vigilant,
always scanning the environment for any sign of a problem … MedSun researchers work with facility representatives to
clarify and understand a problem and share
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Resources
Resources About the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Resources for Improving Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
Resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in …
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October 01, 2022 - PSO Program - Common Terms and Acronyms
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PSO PROGRAM: COMMON TERMS
AND ACRONYMS
[Note: Terms used in the Patient Safety Act or Rule are summarized here solely for convenience and may be defined
in the statute or rule. You should always rely on the actual definition when making any determination. The …
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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/fedregnotice-05242016.pdf
January 04, 2025 - 32655 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2016 / Rules and Regulations
1 Institute of Medicine, ‘‘To Err Is Human:
Building a Safer Health System’’, 1999, page 86.
2 42 CFR 482.21(a)(2).
3 As of November 2014, 26 states and the District
of Columbia had adverse event reporting systems,
and Te…
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Patient Safety Act
Patient Safety Rule
HHS Guidance
Guides
Other Educational Materials
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About
About
Organizations and Relationships
About the PSO Program
A Brief History of the Program
The Congress developed and enacted the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement A…
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January 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Listing Guide
PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION (PSO)
LISTING GUIDE
What is the PSO Listing Guide?
The PSO Listing Guide is an informal educational resource to help readers locate and learn about the
requirements for PSO listing under the Patient Safety and Quality Improveme…