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US virtual care company Teladoc established the healthcare industry's first patient safety organization (PSO) that deals solely with virtual care. For context, a PSO is an organization that enables clinicians and health care organizations to voluntarily report, aggregate, and analyze data with the purpose of mitigating risks and medical errors, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Business Insider IntelligenceDubbed the Institute for Patient Safety and Quality of Virtual Care, Teladoc's PSO has been added to the roster of over 80 PSOs recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Here's what it means: The new PSO will fuel research that helps improve virtual care delivery.The bigger picture: The PSO could empower providers to bulk up virtual care offerings - and Teladoc's focus on enhancing virtual care could make it a natural choice for health systems to work with.
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