FREE Health Data Management Site Registration

Sign up today and access the leading source of Health Care I.T. information on the Web.
Your FREE site registration entitles you to:

Free Health Data Management e-newsletter
 
Search more than 12,000 articles
 
Access Web Seminars on a host of I.T. topics
 
White Papers and Industry Research that provide valuable insights on a variety of technologies and implementation issues
 
Podcasts, updates on industry events, and much more!

 
   

Guidance Issued on Safety Groups


October 9, 2008

The Department of Health and Human Services has published interim guidance on how to become a public safety organization.

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 authorized creation of patient safety organizations. They are charged with creating confidential, non-punitive processes for reporting data on adverse patient events and analyzing it. They also are charged with creating standardized reporting processes across disparate health care organizations and other entities.

The interim guidance will enable HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to begin receiving applications from entities that wish to become public safety organizations. However, a final rule from HHS expected by the end of 2008 will then supersede the interim guidance.

The guidance, however, will help interested organizations start now to undertake the work to become a public safety organization, says Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of AHRQ.

The interim guidance, additional information on public safety organizations, and the previously published proposed rule are available at pso.ahrq.gov.

Business Intelligence Archive
Data Repositories Archive
Electronic Health Records Archive
Policies/Regulation Archive
Hospitals Archive
Group Practices Archive

I.T. Spotlights