[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17531]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From the 
Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO)

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 the Coalition for Quality 
and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO) 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 May 24, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the 
following HHS Web site: http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.

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: [email protected].

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 Coalition for 
Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO), PSO number P0090, 
which is a component entity of Project Patient Care, Inc., to 
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO. Accordingly, the Coalition 
for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS PSO) was delisted 
effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on May 24, 2012.
    More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web 
site at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.

    Dated: July 13, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-17531 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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