Patient Safety & Reporting
What is it? The Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program was passed by the Oregon Legislative Assembly during the 2003 session. Program participants include hospitals, long term care facilities, pharmacies, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient renal dialysis facilities and freestanding birthing centers. Participants will report serious adverse events, root cause analysis, actions plans established to prevent similar serious adverse events and patient safety plans to the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, a semi-independent state agency. The Commission will analyze reported data to develop and disseminate information to improve the quality of care with respect to patient safety. No patient safety data will be reported or disclosed to a regulatory body. Patient safety data is confidential.
Is it voluntary? Yes, but the Commission must be accountable on a regular basis regarding whether performance goals have been met and offering any recommended changes to the program, including whether the program should become mandatory.
Are the results available to the public? Patient safety data identifying an individual hospital or patient will not be available to the public. The Commission will distribute written reports to the public using aggregate, de-identified data to describe statewide serious adverse event patterns. The Commission will maintain a Web site to facilitate public access to reports, as well as a list of names of participants.
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