title: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005--The federal law and its implications for Mssouri.
abstract: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 establishes a network of federally certified Patient Safety Organizations (PSO). PSOs will establish voluntary, confidential data systems and forums for providers to learn and improve patient safety. The Act provides protections, not available in Missouri, from discovery of data reported to a PSO. Providers should begin assessing patient safety activities and benefits of PSO participation. The Missouri Center for Patient Safety plans to become a statewide PSO.
authors.affiliation: Missouri Center for Patient Safety, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Druckman
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008923:Missouri; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States