OAR 325-030-0001
Definitions
(1)
“Commission” means the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.(2)
“Event Report” means the form designated by the Commission to be used by Renal Dialysis Participants for the reporting of Reportable Renal Dialysis Adverse Events.(3)
“Renal Dialysis Participant” means an outpatient renal dialysis facility as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions), 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 the Oregon 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 442.820 (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 the Oregon 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 the Oregon 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 the Oregon 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 Adverse Event” for the purposes of OAR 325-030-0001 (Definitions) to 325-030-0060 (Commission’s Use of Patient Safety Data) means any unanticipated, usually preventable consequences of patient care that result in patient death or serious physical injury. This includes events that:(a)
Are not related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition; and(b)
Resulted in temporary and/or permanent physical harm.
Source:
Rule 325-030-0001 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=325-030-0001.