The benefits and burdens of working with patient safety organizations under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

Paul E Dwyer; Clint D Watts

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The benefits and burdens of working with patient safety organizations under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

March 18, 2020

Dwyer PE, Watts CD. J Health Life Sci Law. 2020;13)(13):56-67.

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Patient safety organizations (PSOs) provide a protected avenue for sharing adverse incident information to support large-scale learning across health care organizations. This legal discussion highlights the complexity of the data protections and highlights the need for flexibility given different jurisdictions and entities involved.

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