AHRQ offers interim guidance for Patient Safety Organizations

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October 15, 2008

Because of the strong interest in Patient Safety Organizations (PSO), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released Interim Guidelines to help those groups interested in becoming a PSO understand the process. The Interim Guidelines apply until the Department of Health and Human Services issues a Final Rule for the Patient Safety and Quality Act of 2005. Any groups that fall under the guidelines of a PSO can become one immediately.

Defined with the Interim Guidelines is Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP). This is any data submitted by a provider of care to the PSO or any data developed by the PSO. PSWP is protected and considered confidential under the Patient Safety Act.

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