New Jersey Assembly approves bill to publicize hospital errors
Accreditation Connection, June 1, 2009
The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) will now have to publicly report certain preventable patient safety errors that occur in New Jersey hospitals due to the passing of bill S-2471, according to The New Jersey Senate Democrats official website. The bill, sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale (D), Loretta Weinberg (D), and Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney (D), is to help allow the public to make more informed decisions about their health care.
The bill S-2471 will now require DHSS to include in the annual New Jersey Hospital Performance Report certain patient safety indicators and preventable medical errors. There are 14 pre-established patient safety indicators including: foreign body left after medical procedure; postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma; postoperative sepsis; accidental puncture or laceration, or surgery performed on the wrong side, body part or patient.
"By giving everyone access to patient safety information, we can bring the pressure of the open market to bear to encourage hospitals to do everything they can to keep patients safe," says Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland, and Salem.
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