2019 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting: An analysis of serious events and incidents from the nation’s largest event reporting database (June 2020)

Summary

Pennsylvania is the only state that requires acute healthcare facilities to report all events of harm or potential for harm. With over 3.6 million acute care event reports, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest repository of patient safety data in the United States and one of the largest in the world. This report analyses the serious events and incidents from the database.