CQPS PSO Webinars

As follow-up to the June 3 Summit, we have scheduled two CQPS PSO Webinars. This is your opportunity to learn more yourselves or orient your colleagues to the CQPS PSO.

Welcome to the CQPS PSO - Thursday, June 25, 2 – 3 PM CST

Getting Ready to Join the CQPS PSO - Monday, June 29, 2 – 3 PM CST

Click here for more information and to register.

Press Release: May 14, 2009 – The Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland (CQPS), announced today it has reached an agreement with ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) to implement a Chicago-based PSO dedicated to improving safety and quality of care in the Chicago metro region.

CQPS achieved listing by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a federal Patient Safety Organization under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

By contracting with a national PSO and IT vendor(s), CQPS will collect incident report and other patient safety work product (PSWP) data from contracted (member) healthcare providers, and provide analysis, reporting, collaborative learning, and dissemination of best practices and patient safety advisories to advance the culture of safety.

The CQPS PSO's unique value will be its focus on local experience, patterns, trends, and patient safety initiatives specific to Chicago and Illinois . The CQPS PSO will coordinate its efforts with regional hospital and primary care associations, Illinois Department of Public Health, other patient safety and quality improvement agencies and existing patient safety collaboratives across the state to capitalize on synergies and avoid duplication of effort.

Through its relationships with vendors, healthcare organizations, professional associations, and IOMC and CQPS leadership and staff, the CQPS PSO will access a broad spectrum of professional experience and expertise to carry out its required and additional patient safety activities for this community.

Our goal is for every Illinois provider to join the CQPS PSO to safeguard the ability to conduct self-improvement and collaborate with other facilities to improve the quality and safety of healthcare in a legally protected and confidential manner.

For more information on the CQPS PSO, please contact cqps@iomc.org or fill out our Interest Form and send it back to us.

Additional resources:

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA).

February 12, 2008 Notice of proposed rule making.

November 21, 2008 Final Patient Safety Organization (PSO) rule.

PSO Privacy Protection Center, the source of the common formats for patient safety reports.

Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005

Illinois Medical Studies Act

Past CPSF PSO development efforts:

Illinois Patient Safety Organization Development Group

CPSF Medical/Legal Task Force
(supported by the Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute)
Developing a "roadmap" for an Illinois Learning System