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Patient Safety Organization Contacts

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) administers the provisions of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement final rule (Patient Safety Rule) dealing with Patient Safety Organization (PSO) operations. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for issues involving PSO confidentiality protections and privilege protections. For more information about OCR's role, please go to http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/ocr/ocrsumm.htm.

Contact the AHRQ PSO Office for more information about the Patient Safety Rule, PSO listing process, listed PSOs, and other PSO operational issues.

PSO Office
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850

E-mail: PSO@ahrq.hhs.gov

Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697
Telephone (local): (301) 427-1111

TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231
TTY (local): (301) 427-1130

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