What is KIPSQ?

KIPSQ is a federally-certified patient safety organization (PSO).  A PSO collects, aggregates and analyzes data that is confidentially and voluntarily reported by hospitals and other health care providers. By encouraging voluntary and confidential reporting KIPSQ will strive to improve patient safety and quality.

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) authorized the creation of a nationwide network of PSOs. This was in response to increasing concern about the lack of patient safety event reporting, which in turn prevented the collection of data to make significant patient care improvements. Two major impediments stood in the way of reporting: 1) fear of disclosure and 2) lack of standardized data collection formats to allow for aggregation, trending and analysis of incidents and contributing factors.