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1. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 | PSO
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   August 01, 2022 - in this section Resources Resources Resources About the Patient Safety and Quality … Related Office of Inspector General (OIG) Reports Patient Safety and Quality … PSOs work with providers to improve quality and safety through the collection and analysis of aggregated … The report includes measures determined appropriate by the Secretary to encourage the appropriate use … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

2. AHRQ Slide Template 2019-Widescreen (pdf file)
   pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/working-with-pso-webinar-value-hospitals.pdf
   January 01, 2020 - Data Collection Membership Guide and Data Specifications • Definitions and specifications for each measure … • Instructions and deadlines for reporting process • Measures reviewed annually at Measurement Consensus … EQUADRSM Data Over 5.5 Million Patient Days Worth of Data in the Database Current EQUADRSM Measures … Improving Quality and Safety “The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal … Patients experiencing isolation depression • Use of virtual family training • CMS waivers • Re-entry measures

3. What are "patient safety activities"? | PSO
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   by, or on behalf of a PSO, or a healthcare provider: Efforts to improve patient safety and the quality … procedures to preserve confidentiality with respect to PSWP The provision of appropriate security measures … evaluation system The term "safety" refers to reducing risk from harm and injury, while the term "quality … addressing common, preventable adverse events, a healthcare setting can become safer, thereby enhancing the quality … data, thus identifying and reducing the risks and hazards associated with patient care and improving quality

4. PSO General Information
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   April 23, 2019 - out by, or on behalf of a PSO, or a healthcare provider: Efforts to improve patient safety and the quality … procedures to preserve confidentiality with respect to PSWP The provision of appropriate security measures … evaluation system The term "safety" refers to reducing risk from harm and injury, while the term "quality … data, thus identifying and reducing the risks and hazards associated with patient care and improving quality … PSOs were created by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (the Patient Safety Act).

5. Patient Safety Organization: Certification for Initial Listing (pdf file)
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   September 30, 2024 - /30/2024 PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION: CERTIFICATION FOR INITIAL LISTING The Patient Safety and Quality … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), of the Department of Health and Human Services … from the rest of the parent organization(s) of which it is a part and establish appropriate security measures … entity have written policies and procedures in place to implement and maintain appropriate security measures … Will the conduct of activities to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery be

6. PSO: Certification of Continued Listing (pdf file)
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   September 30, 2024 - /30/2024 PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION: CERTIFICATION FOR CONTINUED LISTING The Patient Safety and Quality … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), of the Department of Health and Human Services … the rest of the parent organization(s) of which it is a part and establishing appropriate security measures … Carrying out efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery? … Carrying out appropriate security measures with respect to PSWP? Yes No 6B.

7. Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions: The Role of the Patient Safety Organization (PSO) | PSO
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   August 01, 2022 - in this section Resources Resources Resources About the Patient Safety and Quality … Avoidable Hospital Readmissions Other Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Resources … —The Secretary shall utilize appropriate risk-adjustment measures to determine eligible hospitals. … For more information about QIOs, visit: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/quality-improvement-organizations … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

8. Establish Policies and Procedures for Conducting Patient Safety Activities | PSO
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   August 01, 2021 - The eight required patient safety activities are: Efforts to improve patient safety and the quality … confidentiality with respect to patient safety work product; The provision of appropriate security measures … primary activity of the PSO must be to conduct activities that are to improve patient safety and the quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

9. Strategies to Improve Patient Safety: Draft Report to Congress for Public Comment and Review by the National Academy of Medicine (pdf file)
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   December 21, 2021 - The report also includes measures to encourage the appropriate use of such strategies. … Tools designed to measure attributes of high reliability have been developed for healthcare organizations … In 2001, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed MPSMS to measure rates of specific … Designing research to measure effectiveness in patient safety is uniquely challenging; the breadth and … Measures to Encourage the Development and Use of Effective Strategies 3.5.2.

10. Patient Safety Organization's Policies and Procedures: Suggested Topics to Address (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2021 - Efforts by the PSO to improve patient safety and quality of health care delivery. b. … The PSO’s maintenance of procedures and provision of appropriate measures to preserve the confidentiality

11. Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Listing Guide (pdf file)
    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/PSO-listing-guide-2022.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - the safety and quality of healthcare. … The provision of appropriate security measures with respect to patient safety work product; 7. … For example: • Does the component PSO have written policies and procedures and security measures in … • Ensure an appropriate level of security/strength and related security measures for passwords and … • Additional security measures in place to protect facility-based and virtual workstations with PSWP,

12. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005; Public Law 109–41, July 29, 2005 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - —This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005’’. … Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. … ‘‘(F) The provision of appropriate security measures with respect to patient safety work product. … The draft report shall include any measure determined appropriate by the Secretary to encourage the appropriate … safety work product separately from the rest of the organization, and establishes appropriate security measures

13. Frequently Asked Questions | PSO
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    April 01, 2023 - procedures to preserve confidentiality with respect to PSWP The provision of appropriate security measures … to assist the component PSO in its conduct of patient safety activities; take appropriate security measures … entity maintains PSWP separately from the rest of the organization, and establishes appropriate security measures … The CFS is used in the AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

14. Resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Safety | PSO
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    February 01, 2025 - in this section Resources Resources Resources About the Patient Safety and Quality … Improvement Act of 2005 Resources for Improving Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Resources … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

15. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005; Public Law 109–41, July 29, 2005 (pdf file)
    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/Patient-Safety-Act-2005.pdf
    January 01, 2005 - —This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005’’. … Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. … ‘‘(F) The provision of appropriate security measures with respect to patient safety work product. … The draft report shall include any measure determined appropriate by the Secretary to encourage the appropriate … safety work product separately from the rest of the organization, and establishes appropriate security measures

16. Choosing a Patient Safety Organization: Tips for Hospitals and Health Care Providers (pdf file)
    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ChoosingPSO_2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - You and your staff must collect data, identify quality and safety problems, design improvement processes … , measure change, provide feedback, and continue to support improved practice. … PSOs were created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety … Through this process, PSOs can help health care professionals learn from quality and safety events to … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S.

17. Choosing a Patient Safety Organization (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2020 - PSOs were created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, referred to as … Patient Safety Act encourages individual providers and healthcare organizations to voluntarily report quality … Using this process, PSOs can help healthcare professionals learn from quality and patient safety concerns … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. … PSOs can help you develop successful approaches to improving quality and reducing adverse outcomes.

18. Benefits of AHRQ Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs): Success Stories From Hospital PSO Members (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - CS Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center 5 The Patient Safety and Quality … Incidents or near misses or unsafe conditions ► Any type of event that adversely effects healthcare quality … , patient safety or healthcare outcomes • Common Formats – ► Provide a uniform way to measure patient … • A PSO: ► Focuses on improving quality, safety and healthcare outcomes; ► Provides a level of … (B) a health care provider only if such provider implements such mechanisms to improve health care quality

19. Fedregnotice-05242016 (pdf file)
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    January 04, 2025 - utilize[]’’ administrative reports, including incident investigation reports, ‘‘to guide the operation, measure … Rights 42 CFR Part 3 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005—HHS Guidance Regarding … ACTION: Guidance on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. … In particular, this Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005— Guidance Regarding Patient … (FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the required floodplain management measures

20. How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsdpatient-safety-culture-brief.pdf
    September 01, 2016 - Nancy Schanz Director North Carolina Quality Center 4 within a PSO evaluated the initiative of … strong patient safety culture learn from their mistakes and evaluate the effectiveness of continuous quality … HHSA290201200003 TO#3 for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. April 2016. … Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.