Adverse events in hospitals : methods for identifying events.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical errors--United States.

Medical errors.

Medical records--United States.

Medical records.

Medicare beneficiaries.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 54 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Running title: Adverse events in hospitals: methods for identifying events

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 2010.

Summary:

The term "adverse event" describes harm to a patient as a result of medical care or harm that occurs in a health care setting. The term "never events" refers to a specific list of serious events, such as surgery on the wrong patient, that the National Quality Forum deemed "should never occur in a healthcare setting." The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (the Act) mandated that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report to Congress about such events, including making recommendations about processes for identifying events. To meet the requirements of the Act, OIG published a series of reports in 2008 and will publish additional reports based on ongoing work.

Notes:

"OEI-06-08-00221."

Title from title caption (viewed on June 2, 2010).

"March 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Adverse events in hospitals

OCLC:

645336542