Home
CHPSO
More options
Header link

Contact us

August 9, 2012
  • Read more
Header link

Newsletter sign up

August 22, 2012
  • Read more
Header link

Member log in / sign up

October 12, 2012
  • Read more
CHPSO
  • Home
    • Contact List
    • Patient Safety Work Product
    • Health IT
    • Scheduled Meetings
      • Past Meetings
  • Knowledge center
    • Safe Table Forums
    • Addressing specific risks
      • Blood products
      • Hand hygiene
      • Medical device safety
      • Medication safety
        • Pain management and sedation
        • Anticoagulation
        • General medication safety
        • Infusion pumps
        • Labeling and packaging
        • Small Bore Connectors
        • Storage
      • Other
      • Perinatal safety
      • Surgical safety
        • Retained surgical items
        • WHO surgical checklist
    • Becoming a safer organization
      • Human factors
      • Leadership
      • Safety culture
      • Transparency
      • Working as a Health Care Team
    • Lessons Learned
    • Patient Safety Act
      • Common formats
      • Definitions
      • Case Law & Analysis
      • Laws and regulations
      • Sample policies and procedures
    • Useful links
      • Consumer organizations
      • Hospital associations
      • Improvement resources
      • Literature
      • Newsletters
      • Organizations focused on patient safety
      • Oversight and accreditation
      • Quality and safety data
  • Member resources
    • Safety Event Report Evaluations
    • Current initiatives
      • Independent Peer Review
        A partnership with the American Medical Foundation Patient Safety Organization
      • Safe Table forums
    • Useful tools
    • Ask CHPSO
  • News & events
    • Newsletters
    • Alerts
    • About the Patient Safety Chronicle
      • The Patient Safety Chronicle
    • Upcoming events
    • Past Webinars
  • About CHPSO
    • Connect to CHPSO
    • Partners
    • Prospective members
    • Member listing
        • Colorado
        • Connecticut
        • Georgia
        • Illinois
        • Iowa
        • Kentucky
        • Missouri
        • New Jersey
        • New Mexico
        • Ohio
        • Pennsylvania
        • Rhode Island
        • Tennessee
    • CHPSO staff
    • Career opportunities
    • NAPSO
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy

Ask CHPSO

Overview

Ask CHPSO

October 15, 2013

“Ask CHPSO” is a regular column in the bimonthly Patient Safety News and is intended to provide answers to common inquiries.  If you have a question, please contact us at (916) 552-2600 or info@chpso.org. All inquirers will remain anonymous.

  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

Can we use our hospitals’ existing safety event policies for our PSES?
-C.J. –A Hospital in Central California

June 4, 2015

We suggest that you review the Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES) templates available to members on the CHPSO website. There are two versions: one concise and one thorough. If you choose to use these templates, we highly advise you review both of them and determine what works best for your facility. The PSES works alongside but does not replace existing policies you may have in place; however, it is possible to include information from existing policies or combine existing policies with the PSES policy.

  • Read more
Post

Our legal counsel is not employed by our facility. Can he have access to patient safety work product?
– J.B., a Southern California Hospital

March 25, 2015

Dear J.B.,

You may share patient safety work product (PSWP) with health care providers holding privileges at your institution. You can also share PSWP with your workforce, which includes employees, volunteers, trainees, contractors, or other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for your organization is under your organization’s direct control, whether or not employed by you. These are not considered disclosures under the Patient Safety Act.

  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

How can we report our events to CHPSO?
– H. V., a hospital in central California

February 6, 2015

Dear H.V.,

  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

How do we decide what to put in our patient safety evaluation system (PSES)?
—S.G., a hospital in southern California

August 29, 2014

A patient safety evaluation system is the system you use to collect, manage, and analyze information (patient safety work product) for reporting to your patient safety organization, CHPSO. There is no one-size-fits-all policy; each health care facility has needs that others may not experience. It is important to keep in mind that the PSES can be an evolutionary document and it is beneficial to revisit it regularly. While most hospitals submit all incident reports and RCAs to CHPSO, some may only report specific event categories.

  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

What is the difference between Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP) and 1157?
—J.J., a Bay Area hospital

June 27, 2014
  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

Is Our Hospital Required to Document a PSES?
—R.P., a hospital in Central California

May 30, 2014
  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

What is a PSES, really, and how much detail does it require?
November 2013

October 15, 2013
  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

What does CHPSO do with the reports it receives from members?
October 2013

October 15, 2013
  • Read more
Ask CHPSO

How much are we required to submit?
September 2013

October 15, 2013
  • Read more
  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • 1
  • 2

Member resources

  • Safety Event Report Evaluations
  • Current initiatives
  • Useful tools
  • Ask CHPSO

Stay connected

Social Link

LinkedIn

September 12, 2012
  • Read more
Social Link

Twitter

September 12, 2012
  • Read more
Social Link

Facebook

September 12, 2012
  • Read more
Footer link

Newsletter sign up
Sign up to subscribe. A CHPSO email will confirm your subscription.

August 22, 2012
  • Read more
Footer link

Hospital Quality Institute
CHPSO is a division of the Hospital Quality Institute

July 11, 2014
  • Read more
Footer link

Prospective members
CHA & Regional Hospital Association members join CHPSO at no charge.

August 22, 2012
  • Read more
Contact Info

California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
1215 K Street, Suite 800 Sacramento, CA 95814

August 22, 2012
  • Read more

Commands

  • Support portal
  • Log in

Log in

  • Create new account
  • Request new password