Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO), 42738 [2012-17531]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From the
Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety
of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO)
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:
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 Patient Safety
Organizations (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 no longer to
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, or
when a PSO chooses to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO for any
reason. AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment
from the Coalition for Quality and
Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS
PSO) of its status as a PSO, and has
delisted the PSO accordingly.
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 May 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: https://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen Hogan, 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:
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SUMMARY:
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
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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. The Patient Safety
Rule authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO
an entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if
it is found no longer to meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule, or when a PSO
chooses to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO for any reason. 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
Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety
of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO), PSO
number P0090, which is a component
entity of Project Patient Care, Inc., to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a
PSO. Accordingly, the Coalition for
Quality and Patient Safety of
Chicagoland (CQPS PSO) was delisted
effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on
May 24, 2012.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: July 13, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012–17531 Filed 7–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Request for Information on Quality
Measurement Enabled by Health IT
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Request for
Information (RFI).
AGENCY:
The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests
information from the Public, including
diversified stakeholders (health
information technology (IT) system
developers, including vendors; payers,
quality measure developers, end-users,
clinicians, health care consumers)
regarding current successful strategies
and challenges regarding quality
measurement enabled by health IT.
Quality measurement—the assessment
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of the timeliness, completeness and
appropriateness of preventive services,
diagnostic services, and treatment
provided in health care—has been most
generally conducted via paper chart
information capture, manual chart
abstraction, and the analysis of
administrative claims data.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Electronic responses are
preferred and should be addressed to
HIT-PTQ@AHRQ.hhs.gov. Nonelectronic responses will also be
accepted. Please send by mail to:
Rebecca Roper, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Attention: HITEnabled QM RFI Responses, 540 Gaither
Road, Room 6000, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301–427–1535.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please identify in the subject line of
emails that you are inquiring about the
‘‘Question about HIT-enabled QM RFI’’.
Contact Angela Nunley, email:
Armela.Nunley@AHRQ.hhs.gov, Phone:
301–427–1505, or, Rebecca Roper,
email: Rebecca.ROPER@AHRQ.hhs.gov,
Phone: 301–427–1535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Health information technology (IT),
such as, electronic health records (EHR)
which may include clinical decision
support and health information
exchange, has seen a tremendous
increase in adoption in recent years.
Some institutions have successfully
used health IT to generate health ITenabled quality measures which may be
retooled versions of established paperbased or administrative data-driven
quality measures or (preferably) they are
‘‘de novo’’ quality measures that were
developed with the capabilities of
health IT in mind. These new health ITenabled quality measures seek to
leverage the use of electronic clinical
data capture, analysis and reporting to
measure and report electronically
enabled quality measures in order to
facilitate improvements in the quality of
care provided. AHRQ supports research
to improve health care quality through
enhancements in the safety, efficiency,
and effectiveness of health care
available to all Americans. Through this
RFI, AHRQ is seeking information
related to successful strategies and/or
remaining challenges encountered
regarding the development of health ITenabled quality measure development
and reporting.
Health IT has the potential to advance
quality measurement and reporting
through the use of efficient automated
data collection, analysis, processing,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From the
Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO)
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: 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 Patient Safety Organizations (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 no longer to meet the requirements of the Patient Safety
Act and Patient Safety Rule, or when a PSO chooses to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason. AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment from the Coalition for Quality
and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO) of its status as a PSO,
and has delisted the PSO accordingly.
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 May 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the
following HHS Web site: https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Hogan, 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. The Patient Safety Rule
authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an entity that attests that it meets
the statutory and regulatory requirements for listing. A PSO can be
``delisted'' if it is found no longer to meet the requirements of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, or when a PSO chooses to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason. 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 Coalition for
Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO), PSO number P0090,
which is a component entity of Project Patient Care, Inc., to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO. Accordingly, the Coalition
for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO) was delisted
effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on May 24, 2012.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
Dated: July 13, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-17531 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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