Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Program
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Webinar: Value of Working With a PSO
Learn how PSOs can boost your hospital's safety and healthcare quality.
PSO Brochure
This PDF brochure describes provider benefits of working with a PSO and issues to consider when choosing a PSO.
Listed PSOs
Information about AHRQ-listed PSOs, including a selection tool to help providers search for a PSO.
NPSD Data Reporting Tools
See PSO data in action within AHRQ's National Patient Safety Database Data Reporting Tools.
What is a PSO?
Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) collect and analyze data voluntarily reported by healthcare providers to help improve patient safety and healthcare quality. PSOs provide feedback to healthcare providers aimed at promoting learning and preventing future patient safety events. Working with a PSO makes it possible for information from healthcare providers to receive certain legal protections and to be contributed to the Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD). Under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (the Patient Safety Act), AHRQ certifies and lists PSOs.