What is a Patient Safety Organization?

Karen Kendrick MSN, RN and the VP of Clinical Initiatives and Quality for the Texas Hospital Association, describes Patient Safety Organizations and how they improve patient safety and quality of care.

Show Notes

One positive result from the Patient Safety and Quality Act of 2005 was Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs). Many healthcare professionals and laypeople hear the term “PSO” and believe they understand the purpose. PSOs align with the SaferCare Texas mission: to challenge traditional thinking to eliminate preventable harm. In this episode of Speak Up for SaferCare, listen as Karen Kendrick MSN, RN and the VP of Clinical Initiatives and Quality for the Texas Hospital Association, describes PSOs and how they improve patient safety and quality of care.

What is Speak Up for SaferCare?

Patient safety is everybody’s business. Preventable medical errors occur in 10% of all patient encounters in a variety of healthcare settings, which can be devastating to patients, families, and the healthcare workers providing their care. Most errors originate from faulty systems or processes, and not individuals. Speak Up for SaferCare shares stories from subject matter experts, healthcare workers, patients, and caregivers-and aims to illuminate where things went wrong, so future harm is prevented.