A patient safety event that reached the patient but did not cause harm.

A patient safety event that resulted in harm to the patient. The event may occur by the omission or commission of medical care.

DOD medical and dental programs, personnel, facilities, and other assets operating pursuant to

Any patient safety event resulting in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm, as per the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Harm Scale; or meeting The Joint Commission’s sentinel event or the National Quality Forum&rsquo ...

The granting of permission and responsibility of a health care provider to provide specified or delineated health care within the scope of the provider’s license, certification, or registration.

The process of obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of both privileged and non-privileged providers to provide safe patient care services. This assessment serves as the basis for decisions regarding delineation of clinical ...

Permission granted by the privileging authority to provide medical and other patient care services. Clinical privileges define the scope and limits of practice for privileged providers and are based on the capability of the health care ...

Process of review that allows health care organizations to demonstrate their ability to meet regulatory requirements and standards established by a recognized accrediting organization.

Consistent with Section 1102 of Title 10, U.S.C ...

A program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met. Clinical quality assurance’s main purpose is to verify that clinical ...

Monitoring clinical services for stability, detecting emerging process problems (special causes), and taking steps to address them. Clinical quality control is about ensuring that a process remains stable (“in control”) over time, ...

The proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that emanate from quality assurance program activities and are produced or compiled by the DOD as part of MQA as defined in

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The degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. Care that is evidence-based and provided in a technically and ...

• An adverse event. A patient safety event that resulted in harm to the patient. The event may occur by the omission or commission of medical care.
• A no-harm event. A Patient Safety event that reached the patient but did ...

Consistent with 10 U.S.C. 1073c and