The benefits and burdens of working with patient safety organizations under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
Dwyer PE, Watts CD. The benefits and burdens of working with patient safety organizations under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. J Health Life Sci Law. 2020;13)(13):56-67.
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.