The Child Health PSO at 10 Years: An Emerging Learning Network.

Introduction: The 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, actualized as a Learning Network (LN), has enabled the Child Health Patient Safety Organization (PSO) to play a vital and novel role in improving the quality and safety of care. This article describes the Child Health PSO and proposes PSOs as a new construct for LNs.

Methods: A PSOs ability to affect patient care depends on member organizations' integration of PSO output into their individual Learning Healthcare Systems.