Reporting builds greater trust for all Oregonians

Ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, nursing facilities, and community pharmacies licensed in Oregon are eligible to join PSRP.

There are specific, reportable events for each type of eligible facility. However, you can submit reports on any adverse event, including non-serious incidents or close calls, that highlight a valuable patient safety lesson. Adverse events are events that result in unintended harm, or that create the potential for harm, related to any aspect of a patient’s care. Outcomes related to a patient’s underlying disease or condition are not adverse events.

Find out more about the reportable event types for your facility: 

• Ambulatory Surgery Center Event Types

• Hospital Event Types

• Nursing Facility Event Types

• Pharmacy Event Types

View the list of current participating facilities.

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC) is considered a “public health authority” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Therefore, a HIPAA Covered Entity is permitted to disclose protected health information (PHI) to us without either a Business Associate agreement or an authorization.

Learn more about OPSC’s HIPAA exemption: Memorandum: HIPAA Exemption for OPSC and its PSRP Activities, Oregon Department of Justice

PSRP aligns with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) patient safety standards by providing an evidence-based structure to improve healthcare quality through the collection, management, and analysis of patient safety events.

Oregon hospitals with over 50 beds can certify their participation in PSRP to comply with the ACA patient safety standards, as described in 45 CFR §156.1110. Compliance is needed to contract with qualified health plan (QHP) issuers for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.

If your hospital is using PSRP in accordance with the reasonable exception provision of the patient safety standards, you can use the Hospital Certification Form to document your organization’s compliance.

Reasonable exception provision

• A QHP issuer that contracts with a hospital with greater than 50 beds must verify that the hospital:

• Implements an evidence-based initiative, to improve health care quality through the collection, management and analysis of patient safety events that reduces all cause preventable harm, prevents hospital readmission, or improves care coordination.

• 45 CFR § 156.1110(a)(2)(ii)

Documenting your compliance

The QHPs with which you contract are required to collect documentation that demonstrates your hospital’s compliance with the patient safety standards. To document your hospital’s compliance using PSRP:

1. Download and save a copy of the Hospital Certification Form—Compliance with Patient Safety Standards for Qualified Health Plans

2. Complete the form

3. Keep the form on file and provide a copy of the form to your QHPs*

*Your QHPs may require that your hospital submit compliance documentation during your regular insurance contract cycle. Additionally, because the Exchange may request your hospital’s documentation from your QHP at any time, we encourage you to keep your documentation on file.