What is the purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act?

Answer ID 282   |    Published 09/25/2006 10:05 AM   |    Updated 04/07/2009 01:05 AM

What is the purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA), Public Law 109-41? 

The purpose of the Act is to improve patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patients. It encourages development of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs)—new organizations that can work with clinicians and health care organizations to identify, analyze, and reduce the risks and hazards associated with patient care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) administers the provisions dealing with PSOs.

For more information on the Act and how organizations can become PSOs, go to the Web site: http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/index.html

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