A patient safety event that did not reach the patient (also known as “close call” or “good catch”) unsafe or hazardous condition. A condition or a circumstance (other than a patient’s own disease process or ...

Includes clinical and administrative activities, processes, and policies to identify, monitor, assess, mitigate, and prevent risks to the health care organization, patients, and staff. By employing risk management, the health care organization ...

A determination by the Office of General Counsel, Staff Judge Advocate, or other servicing legal office providing legal services to a deciding official that a proposed action meets applicable legal requirements.

CM uses tools to help evaluate and track the quality of health care services provided to beneficiaries in the MHS. Analyzing CM data and acting on identified trends for improvement helps ensure the MHS delivers safe, timely, effective, ...

A PS event is an incident or condition that could have resulted, or did result, in harm to a patient. A PS event can be, but is not necessarily the result of, a defective system or process design, a system or process breakdown, equipment ...

The ongoing process of meeting the legal, ethical, regulatory, and professional standards applicable to a particular health care organization or provider.

The privileging authority is a designated official who grants permission to individuals to provide specific care, treatment, or services within well-defined limits. The privileging authority also initiates and makes determinations on clinical ...

The integrated processes, both clinical and administrative, that provide the framework to objectively define, measure, assure, and improve the quality and safety of care received by beneficiaries. The CQM functional capability includes the ...

A SIP is one who actively delivered care (based on clinical record entries) in either primary or consultative roles during the episodes of care that gave rise to the allegation, regardless of standard of care determination. Additional defining ...

Statistical information relating to medical quality assurance records under

The official with the responsibility to report to the National Practitioner Data Bank, State(s) of licensure, and other applicable certifying or regulatory agencies following appropriate due process proceedings.

The report authority is ...

The documents that constitute evidence of appropriate education, training, licensure, experience, and expertise of a health care provider.

Action invoked against a health care provider, privileged or not, with the result that the authority to practice clinically is adversely affected. Adversely affected privilege(s) or practice are the result of a due process professional review ...