Published in the June 2019 issue of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America journal, the authors wrote “PSO programs provide a forum for understanding, collaboration, and translation of evidence into practice at a faster pace than traditional methods of scientific review and deliberation.”

In conclusion, Boulanger et al, emphasized, “Perhaps most importantly, PSO programs help to promote a culture of safety in support of medicine’s primary tenet to ‘primum non nocere,’ first, do no harm.”

Citation for the Full-text Article

Boulanger J, Keohane C, Yeats A. Role of patient safety organizations in improving patient safety. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. June 2019;46(2):257-267.

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