This webinar is intended to be a step-by-step guide designed to
assist healthcare provider entities with the establishment
and maintenance of a patient safety evaluation system
(PSES). The information provided in this webinar will
allow you to bring your quality programs to the next level by
fully implementing the three pathways under the Patient
Safety Act. Examples of activities or data types to be
discussed include:
This webinar will introduce the Patient Safety Act protections
and the case law under each Patient Safety Act pathway: reporting
pathway, analysis pathway, and PSO pathway. We will discuss how
to stack the PSO protections with state peer review protections
to provide greater defenses. We will discuss how to raise the
immunity and privilege protections in discovery documents and in
court. Specifically, this webinar will discuss:
To improve care for patients with complex needs, such as
homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental illness, Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center developed the Post-Acute Care
Transitions (PACT) initiative, which focuses on patients who are
medically stable, but who do not yet have a safe discharge plan
after hospitalization.
Interested counsel may join a discussion group that offers
support and an opportunity to learn about the new legal
privileges and challenges of the Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005. You can request to join the
group by following this link: eepurl.com/rKJaf. This group
generally holds conference calls quarterly.
