Resources
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, Patient Safety Rule and Technical Resources for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs)
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
https://pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/act
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule (42 CFR Part 3)
https://pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/rule
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005—HHS Guidance
https://pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/HHS-guidance
Patient Safety Organization Guides
https://pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/guides
AHRQ’s PSO Web site
https://pso.ahrq.gov/
Resources for Quality/Safety Improvement
AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Surveys
https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/index.html
PSO Impact Case Studies and Infographics
https://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/case-studies/index.html?search_api_views_fulltext=PSO
Programs for Patient Safety and Quality
https://www.ahrq.gov/programs/index.html?search_api_views_fulltext=&field_program_topics=14177
Tools for Patient Safety and Quality
https://www.ahrq.gov/tools/index.html?search_api_views_fulltext=&field_toolkit_topics=14170&sort_by=title&sort_order=ASC
Patient Safety Indicators Resources
http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Modules/psi_resources.aspx
National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center (PSOPPC)
PSOPPC Web site
https://www.psoppc.org/psoppc_web/
Common Formats Overview
https://www.psoppc.org/psoppc_web/publicpages/commonFormatsOverview
Network of Patient Safety Databases Program Briefs
How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture (PDF, 344 KB)
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, and unsafe conditions. This brief describes how PSOs can help health care organizations improve their patient safety culture. (April 2016).
Patient Safety Organizations: A Summary of 2014 Profiles (PDF, 469 KB)
The PSO program administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality allows health care providers to voluntarily report information on patient safety events under legal protection and to use this information to develop patient safety interventions and solutions. This brief looks at the evolution of PSOs based on profile information PSOs voluntarily submitted for 2014. (March 2016).
