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Patient Safety

The Patient Safety Standing Committee  oversees the consensus based entity's portfolio of Patient Safety measures, including measures for the improper diagnosis of illness, appropriate radiation dosing, falls, pressure ulcers, etc.

Measures

Project

Measures

CBE ID Title Steward Submission Type E&M Cycle
3658 Adult Blood Culture Contamination Rate; A national measure and standard for clinical laboratories and antibiotic stewardship programs Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Maintenance Spring 2022
0344 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate (PDI #1) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Maintenance Fall 2017
0542e Adherence to Chronic Medications Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maintenance Full Year 2013
2371 Annual Monitoring for Patients on Persistent Medications (MPM) National Committee for Quality Assurance Maintenance Fall 2018
3504 Claims-Only Hospital-Wide (All-Condition, All-Procedure) Risk-Standardized Mortality Measure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maintenance Fall 2023
3621 Composite weighted average for 3 CT Exam Types: Overall Percent of CT exams for which Dose Length Product is at or below the size-specific diagnostic reference level (for CT Abdomen-pelvis with contrast/single phase scan, CT Chest without contrast/single American College of Radiology Maintenance Spring 2021
0347 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis Related Groups (PSI02) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Maintenance Fall 2019
0419e Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maintenance Spring 2020
3662e Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults (Clinician Group Level) Alara Imaging Maintenance Fall 2021
3633e Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults (Clinician Level) Alara Imaging Maintenance Fall 2021
Final Reports

Media

Final Reports

Report name Cycle
Spring 2023 Final Project Report (Patient Safety) Spring 2023
Patient Safety Fall 2022 Final Project Report Fall 2022
Events

Events

Upcoming Events

Events

Archived Events

Events

Materials

Materials

Materials

Material File Material Type Cycle
Final-Spring-2023-Project-Report-PatientSafety.pdf Final Report Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Post-Comment-Meet-Summary-Patient-Safety.pdf Meeting summary Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Patient-Safety-Meas-Eval-Meeting-Summary-508.pdf Meeting summary Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Post-Comment-Meet-Slides-Patient-Safety.pdf Presentation slides Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Post-Comment-Meeting-Memo-Patient-Safety.pdf Memo Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Post-Comment-Meet-Agenda-Patient-Safety.pdf Agenda Spring 2023
Spring-2023-Post-Comment-Developer-Responses.xlsx Developer responses to comments Spring 2023
Patient-Safety-Fall-2022-Final-Project-Report.pdf Final Report Fall 2022
Patient-Safety-Roster-spring-2023.pdf Standing committee roster Spring 2023
Patient-Safety-Meet-Slides-Spring-2023.pdf Presentation slides Spring 2023