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Home » US Law » 2022 Vermont Statutes » Title 18 - Health » Chapter 43A - Patient Safety Surveillance and Improvement System

§ 1912. Definitions

§ 1912. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Adverse event” is any untoward incident, therapeutic misadventure, iatrogenic injury, or other undesirable occurrence directly associated with care or services provided by a health care provider or health care facility. (2) “Causal analysis” means a formal root cause analysis, similar analytic methodologies, or any similarly effective […]

§ 1913. Creation; implementation

§ 1913. Creation; implementation (a) The Commissioner shall establish a comprehensive patient safety surveillance and improvement system for the purpose of improving patient safety, eliminating adverse events in Vermont hospitals, and supporting and facilitating quality improvement efforts by hospitals. The Department may contract with a qualified organization having expertise in patient safety to develop and […]

§ 1914. Rulemaking

§ 1914. Rulemaking (a) The Commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 establishing the hospital obligations listed in section 1915 of this title and otherwise necessary for the implementation of the safety system. (b) The rules shall list reportable adverse events, which shall include the “serious reportable events” published by the National […]

§ 1915. Hospital obligations

§ 1915. Hospital obligations The rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall require hospitals to: (1) develop, maintain, and implement internal policies and procedures that meet the standards of the Department to: (A) identify, track, and analyze reportable adverse events, adverse events, and near misses; (B) determine what type of causal analysis, if any, is […]

§ 1916. Intentional unsafe acts

§ 1916. Intentional unsafe acts (a) A hospital shall notify the Department, within the time frames established by regulation, if the information available supports a reasonable, good faith belief that an intentional unsafe act as it pertains to patients has occurred. (b) For intentional unsafe acts reportable to other departments or agencies, a hospital shall […]

§ 1917. Protection and disclosure of information

§ 1917. Protection and disclosure of information (a) All information made available to the Department and its designees under this chapter shall be confidential and privileged, exempt from the public access to records law, and, in any civil or administrative action against a provider of professional health services arising out of the matters which are […]

§ 1918. Enforcement

§ 1918. Enforcement (a) If the Commissioner determines that a hospital has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner may sanction the hospital as provided in this title. In evaluating compliance, the Commissioner shall place primary emphasis on assuring good faith compliance and effective corrective action by the facility, […]

§ 1919. Inclusion of data in hospital community reports

§ 1919. Inclusion of data in hospital community reports The Commissioner shall consult with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and with patient safety experts, hospitals, health care professionals, and members of the public and shall make recommendations to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation concerning which data should be included in the hospital community reports required […]