Legal Liability Safeguards Proposed for Reporting Medical Errors February 25, 2008
The HHS Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality released a proposed rule in the February 12 Federal Register that would establish patient safety organizations (PSOs) and procedures by which healthcare providers can voluntarily report medical errors to the PSOs without fearing legal liability. The PSOs will collect and analyze medical data that can be aggregated to uncover trends in patient treatment that would help lower the incidence of medical errors.
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