Salem, OR — On February 27, the Oregon Patient Safety Commission will honor exemplary healthcare facilities at its Fourth Annual Patient Safety Breakfast. The facilities being recognized are leading participants in Oregon’s Patient Safety Reporting Program—a program designed to understand why and how patients are harmed as a result of medical care and share aggregate information statewide to improve healthcare in Oregon.
The reporting program focuses on learning from the events that cause patient harm rather than simply measuring the number of events reported. In 2011, the Commission established recognition targets to guide facilities participating in the reporting program and to ensure that the Commission receives enough reports to build a strong database for shared learning. For the 2014 calendar year, nine healthcare facilities and one healthcare corporation are receiving the Commission’s Leading Participant Award for consistently investigating patient harms, developing solutions to prevent future patient harm, and submitting reports that effectively contribute to shared learning by healthcare facilities across Oregon. The 2014 Patient Safety Reporting Program Leading Participants are:
- Hiron’s #1 Pharmacy, Eugene
- Marquis Corporation
- Marquis Newberg, Newberg
- Maryville, Beaverton
- Molalla Manor Care Center
- Northbank Surgical Center, Salem
- Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center, Portland
- Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Prineville
- Salem Hospital
- Samaritan Albany General Hospital
The event will also be marked by recognition of an additional 43 facilities that met or exceeded the 2014 recognition targets. Lists of all ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, nursing facilities, and pharmacies that met or exceeded the 2014 reporting targets are available on the Commission's website at http://oregonpatientsafety.org.
"The event is a great opportunity to acknowledge facilities that are truly putting forth an effort to improve, and to inspire healthcare facilities to strive for continued excellence," says the Commission's Executive Director Bethany Walmsley. "Being recognized for active participation in the reporting program does not mean that these facilities experience more patient harm than others. Rather, their reporting shows a dedication to the learning and transparency that is necessary to improve patient safety."
About the Commission
The Oregon Patient Safety Commission is a semi-independent state agency charged by the Oregon Legislature with reducing the risk of serious adverse events occurring in Oregon’s health care system and encouraging a culture of patient safety. The Commission operates the Patient Safety Reporting Program, offers Oregon healthcare organizations a variety of opportunities to participate in infection prevention trainings and collaboratives, and is the administrative entity for Early Discussion and Resolution—Oregon’s new, voluntary process that creates a safe space for patients and their families to have an open conversation with healthcare facilities and/or providers when an adverse event occurs during care.
