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Final rule released for Patient Safety Organizations

At long last, final regulations have been passed to implement the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. It will officially go into effect on January 19, 2009. The final rule gives

PSOs picked for implementation of safety legislation

Ten organizations were designated as "patient-safety organizations" by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in an attempt to oversee how PSOs will collect and share patient safety data.