Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Summary

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), has voluntarily relinquished its status as a PSO, allowing it to be delisted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The decision follows a notification from ISMP, with AHRQ accepting the relinquishment and subsequently removing ISMP from the list of PSOs.