Patient Safety Authority's Annual Report 2024

Summary

The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) 2024 Annual Report highlights PSA's commitment to safer care for Pennsylvanians. With over 5 million patient safety event reports, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS)  is the largest repository of its kind in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

Content

PSA's accomplishments last year include:

• Analysed serious event reports identifying neonatal injuries or death related to labour and delivery, published our findings in a report, and shared evidence-based strategies for mitigating the risks associated with shoulder dystocia.
• Worked with ambulatory surgical facilities to improve surgical site infection surveillance and reporting, including regional, in-person symposia throughout Pennsylvania on the identification of infection through the application of criteria and using hospital-acquired infection data to evaluate infection prevention programs.
• Published monthly newsletter articles featuring Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) reports, such as "What to Know About Glacial Acetic Acid: Stop Using It" and "Pica Behavior in Acute Care Hospitals: Strategies for Screening and Mitigating Risk of Harm." These were also disseminated in PSA's peer-reviewed journal, Patient Safety, which reaches more than 150,000 readers worldwide.
•  Embarked on an ambitious five-year strategic plan, Reimagine Patient Safety 2029, built on three main pillars: push the boundaries of information science to identify and understand patient safety issues, leverage relationships to implement changes that improve patient safety, and maintain a strong organizational culture that focuses on people and continuous organisational improvement.