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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From
QAISys, Inc.
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of delisting.
AGENCY:
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 QAISys, Inc. 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 January 31, 2013.
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.
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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 QAISys, Inc., PSO number P0046,
to voluntarily relinquish its status as a
PSO. Accordingly, QAISys, Inc. was
delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET
(2400) on January 31, 2013.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: March 4, 2013.
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
Universal Safety Solution PSO
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of delisting.
AGENCY:
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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From
QAISys, Inc.
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 QAISys, Inc. 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 January 31, 2013.
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 QAISys, Inc., PSO number
P0046, to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO. Accordingly,
QAISys, Inc. was delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on
January 31, 2013.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
Dated: March 4, 2013.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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