MedCity News March 30, 2020
Notwithstanding their entrance into the healthcare world and lexicon 15 years ago, Patient Safety Organizations (“PSOs”) continue to represent a source of uncertainty, confusion and frustration with respect to their promise of sweeping confidentiality protection for provider efforts to analyze system errors. Not surprisingly, a recent report from the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services noted that 89% of PSOs offer at least one learning-based service such as webinars, in-person training or technical assistance.
This article provides: (a) an overview of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (“PSQIA”); (b) the competing legal interests at work when providers seek to invoke confidentiality protection included in the PSQIA; (c) relevant questions for providers...
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