The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 or PSQIA was created on November 21, 2008 and came into effect on January 19, 2009. In order to find solutions for patient healthcare and safety measures, PSQIA was also established to indicate medical error reports, confidentiality of patient health information and safety of medical records. Providing Federal immunity and confidentiality, the Patient safety work product was designed for analysis and reports of patient safety issues. PSQIA has delegated the HHS to penalize any violations regarding the patient safety confidentiality with civil money penalties or CMPs. The AHRQ or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the OCR work in tandem with the responsibility of recording PSOs or patient safety organizations as the designated parties who have the expertise to collect and analyze patient safety issues and who are elected by the Patient Safety Act as authorized external agents. 

Any improper disclosure of confidential information will be considered breaches and though the patient safety work product comes under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996's or HIPAA Privacy Rule "protected health information," the statute has prohibited dual penalties under HIPAA and the ACT. Subpart C of the Patient Safety Rule implements the disclosure permissions and confidentiality provisions and obedience to the violations for patient safety work product according to the Section 922 of the statute with the OCR enforcing the procedures. Adhering to Section 924 of PSQIA, the AHRQ records the network of patient safety organizations with safety databases and required formats under Section 923. 

The main aim of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 or PSQIA is directed towards protection, encouragement and reporting of breaches of confidential information that is not in favor of the patient or their interests. The PSQIA has created Patient Safety Organizations or PSOs to gather information and analyze the same as rendered by healthcare providers. The Act also exhibits the commitment of the Federal Government in nurturing the improvement of patient safety as there are many hindrances such as impacts from insufficient reporting of safety measures where the PSOs will be able to intervene and propose safety standards for the protection and safeguarding of patient information. 

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