Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 222 / Thursday, November 17, 2011 / Notices 71345 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: 

Voluntary Relinquishment From Child 

Health Patient Safety Organization, Inc. 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of delisting. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a 

notification of voluntary relinquishment 

from Child Health Patient Safety 

Organization, Inc. 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 12:00 Midnight 

E.T. (2400) on October 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: http:// 

www.pso.AHRQ.qov/index.html 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Grinder, 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: 

pso@AHRQ.hhs.qov 

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 an organization from the list of 

federally approved PSOs. AHRQ has 

accepted a notification from Child 

Health Patient Safety Organization, Inc., 

PSO number P0065, to voluntarily 

relinquish its status as a component 

PSO of the Child Health Corporation of 

America (CHCA), after the CHCA 

hospitals voted to align its governance 

structure with that of the National 

Association of Children’s Hospitals 

(N.A.C.H.). Accordingly, the Child 

Health Patient Safety Organization, Inc. 

was delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight 

E.T. (2400) on October 11, 2011. The 

Child Health Patient Safety 

Organization, Inc. (Child Health PSO) 

sought and received a new listing, 

P0119, as a component PSO of N.A.C.H., 

which became effective at 12:01 a.m. 

E.T. on October 12, 2011. 

More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/ 

index.html. 

Dated: October 28, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29523 Filed 11–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: 

Voluntary Relinquishment From 

Emergency Medicine Patient Safety 

Foundation 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Delisting. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a 

notification of voluntary relinquishment 

from Emergency Medicine Patient 

Safety Foundation 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. 299b21–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 12:00 Midnight 

E.T. (2400) on October 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: http:// 

www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Grinder, 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: 

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 an organization from the list of 

federally approved PSOs. AHRQ has 

accepted a notification from Emergency 

Medicine Patient Safety Foundation, 

PSO number P0062, which is a 

component entity of Emergency 

Physicians Insurance Co. RRG (EPIC) to 

voluntarily relinquish its status as a 

PSO. Accordingly, the Emergency 

Medicine Patient Safety Foundation was 

delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight E.T. 

(2400) on October 11, 2011. 

More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/ 

index.html. 

Dated: October 28, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29666 Filed 11–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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