CHA established the California Hospital Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) to improve hospital patient safety and quality by providing leadership and serving as a means of intercommunication and cooperation between hospitals.

This corporation will collect and analyze health care and patient safety data; recommend measures or practices to eliminate or reduce medical errors; educate health care professionals; interact with hospitals and health care professionals; coordinate statewide and regional initiatives and projects; provide data and information to improve patient safety and reduce errors in hospitals; help create a “fair and just” culture of openness and commitment to quality and safety; support activities within the state; carry out functions for a patient safety organization that are authorized in federal or state law; and perform other activities that help improve patient safety and quality or reduce medical errors.