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HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From UAB
Health System Patient Safety
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:
AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment
from the UAB Health System Patient
Safety Organization of its status as a
Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public
Law 109–41, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21—b–26,
provides for the formation of PSOs,
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care
delivery. The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety
Rule), 42 CFR part 3, authorizes AHRQ,
on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list
as a PSO an entity that attests that it
meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for listing. A PSO can be
‘‘delisted’’ by the Secretary if it is found
to no longer meet the requirements of
the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule, including when a PSO chooses to
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The directories for both listed
and delisted PSOs are ongoing and
reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The
delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on January 13, 2012.
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
DATES:
Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: https://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Grinder, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
540 Gaither. Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697;
Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY
(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local):
(301) 427–1130; Email:
pso@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
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voluntarily relinquish its status as a
PSO for any reason.
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The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity is to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.
HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to
implement the Patient Safety Act.
AHRQ administers the provisions of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule (PDF file, 450 KB. PDF Help)
relating to the listing and operation of
PSOs. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient
Safety Rule requires AHRQ to provide
public notice when it removes an
organization from the list of federally
approved PSOs. AHRQ has accepted a
notification from the UAB Health
System Patient Safety Organization,
PSO number P0042, which is a
component entity of the UAB Health
System to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO. Accordingly, the UAB
Health System Patient Safety
Organization was delisted effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on January 13,
2012.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From UAB
Health System Patient Safety Organization
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment
from the UAB Health System Patient Safety Organization of its status as
a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109-41, 42
U.S.C. 299b-21--b-26, provides for the formation of PSOs, which
collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule), 42 CFR part 3,
authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the Secretary if
it is found to no longer meet the requirements of the Patient Safety
Act and Patient Safety Rule, including when a PSO chooses to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason.
DATES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The delisting was effective at 12:00
Midnight ET (2400) on January 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the
following HHS Web site: https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Grinder, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 540 Gaither. Road, Rockville, MD
20850; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone (local): (301)
427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY (local): (301) 427-1130;
Email: pso@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the listing of PSOs, which are
entities or component organizations whose mission and primary activity
is to conduct activities to improve patient safety and the quality of
health care delivery.
HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to implement the Patient Safety
Act. AHRQ administers the provisions of the Patient Safety Act and
Patient Safety Rule (PDF file, 450 KB. PDF Help) relating to the
listing and operation of PSOs. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety
Rule requires AHRQ to provide public notice when it removes an
organization from the list of federally approved PSOs. AHRQ has
accepted a notification from the UAB Health System Patient Safety
Organization, PSO number P0042, which is a component entity of the UAB
Health System to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO.
Accordingly, the UAB Health System Patient Safety Organization was
delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on January 13, 2012.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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