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[Federal Register: September 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 180)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57048-57049]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Delisting

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of delisting.

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SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment 
from the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS) 
of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). 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 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 to no longer meet the requirements of the Patient Safety 
Act and Patient Safety Rule, including when a PSO chooses to 
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason.

DATES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing 
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The delisting was effective at 12 Midnight 
ET (2400) on May 25, 2010.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Cousins, RPh., 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; E-mail: pso@AHRQ.hhs.gov.

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. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety Rule 
requires AHRQ to provide public notice when it removes a PSO from 
listing. AHRQ has accepted a notification from the Coalition for 
Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS), PSO number P0027, to 
voluntarily relinquish its status as a component PSO of the Institute 
of Medicine of Chicago. COPS' notification stated that the Institute of 
Medicine of Chicago has relinquished its ownership of CQPS and 
transferred all of its assets to a successor organization, Project 
Patient Care, Inc. Accordingly, CQPS was delisted effective 12 Midnight 
ET (2400) on May 25, 2010. AHRQ has received and accepted certification 
from the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland PSO 
(CQPS PSO), PSO Number P0090, for listing as a component PSO of Project 
Patient Care, Inc. The listing was effective at 12:01 a.m. ET (2401) on 
May 26, 2010.
    More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web 
site at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.

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    Dated: September 3, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-23077 Filed 9-16-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-90-M
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