This article, published in volume 2 issue 2 of Aligning Forces for Quality's LegalNotes, provides an overview of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.  The article highlights the issues surrounding the implementation of the law's regulations with special focus on information access and exchange.

Full report: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act Regulations: Implications for Health Information Access and Exchange (PDF | 421.59 KB)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Aligning Forces for Quality. (2010). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act Regulations: implications for health information access and exchange. Cartwright-Smith, L., Rosenbaum, S., and Sochacki, C.