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Article: Share, and share alike; Proposed rule on PSOs could lead to more data-sharing.(The Week in Healthcare)(Patient-safety organizations)
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- Modern Healthcare
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- February 18, 2008
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Byline: Jean DerGurahian
Financial restraints and questions about the usefulness of the CMS' new proposed federally overseen patient-safety organizations means patient-safety groups aren't likely to scramble to apply for the designation, patient-safety advocates said.
Nevertheless, the proposed rule guiding their development, released Feb. 12, was viewed as a good first step toward creating a venue in which providers can feel secure sharing patient-safety data, they said.
Patient-safety proponents heaved a collective sigh of relief that the proposed rule governing the federal PSOs finally was released, three years after the law enacting their ...