OAR 325-020-0001
Definitions


As used in OAR 325-020-0001 (Definitions) to 325-020-0055 (Commission’s Use Of Patient Safety Data):

(1)

“Commission” means the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

(2)

“Event Report” means the form designated by the Commission to be used by Long Term Care Facility Participants for the reporting of Reportable Long Term Care Facility Serious Adverse Events.

(3)

“Long Term Care Facility Participant” means a long term care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions)(18) and licensed under OAR 411, division 085, that has volunteered to participate in the Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program.

(4)

“Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program” means the Patient Safety Reporting Program as defined in ORS 442.837 (Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program), and operated by the Commission.

(5)

“Participant” means an entity that reports Patient Safety Data to a Patient Safety Reporting Program, and any agent, employee, consultant, representative, volunteer or medical staff member of the entity.

(6)

“Patient Safety Activities” include but are not limited to:

(a)

The collection and analysis of Patient Safety Data by a Participant;

(b)

The collection and analysis of Patient Safety Data by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission established in ORS 442.837 (Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program) and 442.820 (Oregon Patient Safety Commission);

(c)

The utilization of Patient Safety Data by Participants;

(d)

The utilization of Patient Safety Data by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission to improve the quality of care with respect to patient safety and to provide assistance to health care providers to minimize patient risk; and

(e)

Oral and written communication regarding Patient Safety Data among two or more Participants with the intent of making a disclosure to or preparing a report to be submitted to a Patient Safety Reporting Program.

(7)

“Patient Safety Data” means oral communication or written reports, data, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses or action plans that are collected or developed to improve patient safety or health care quality that:

(a)

Are prepared by a Participant for the purpose of reporting Patient Safety Data voluntarily to a Patient Safety Reporting Program, or that are communicated among two or more Participants with the intent of making a disclosure to or preparing a report to be submitted to a Patient Safety Reporting Program; or

(b)

Are created by or at the direction of the Patient Safety Reporting Program, including communication, reports, notes or records created in the course of an investigation undertaken at the direction of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

(8)

“Reportable Serious Adverse Event” for the purposes of OAR 325-020-0001 (Definitions) to 325-020-0055 (Commission’s Use Of Patient Safety Data) means any unanticipated, usually preventable consequence of patient care that results in patient death or serious physical injury, including the events described in Appendix A, incorporated by reference.
[ED. NOTE: Appendices referenced are available from the agency.]
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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