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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of
2004
This bill, aimed at saving thousands of lives by encouraging doctors and
other healthcare providers to share data about medical errors without
fear of lawsuits was approved with bipartisan support by the U.S. Senate
on July 22, 2004.
The bill encourages health professionals to confidentially report
errors. Patient safety organizations would be established to analyze
them, look for weaknesses in the system and recommend ways to reduce
mistakes and save lives.
The bill, passed on a voice vote, must be reconciled with similar
legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2003 before
it can be signed into law.
Minnesota Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Act of 2003
This statute requires reports of the occurrence of adverse health care events to the commissioner of the
Department of Health.
Summary of the statute
California Senate Bill 801
This law amended SB 1875, imposing several requirements on the formal
plan required by SB 1875, including a "requirement that the plan
evaluate, assess, and include a method to address specified procedures
and systems relating to medication-related errors."
Full
chapter text of California SB 801 (PDF version)
Full
chapter text of California SB 801 (HTML version)
California Senate Bill 1875
This law requires hospitals and surgical clinics, as a condition of licensure, to implement by Jan.
1, 2005 a plan to substantially reduce medication-related errors. Plans must include implementation of technology
that has been shown effective in eliminating or substantially reducing medication-related errors.
Full chapter text of California SB 1875 (PDF version)
Full chapter text of California SB 1875 (HTML version)
Omnicell
press release on the guidelines for SB 1875
Connecticut Public Act No. 02-125
This law establishes a quality of care program within the Department of Public Health. The department
shall develop (1) a standardized data set to measure the clinical performance of health care facilities and
require such data to be collected and reported periodically to the department, including, but not limited to,
data for the measurement of comparable patient satisfaction, and (2) methods to provide public accountability
for health care delivery systems by such facilities.
Full
text of Connecticut Public Act No. 02-125
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