Recent Activities

Public Health Officer Certification

The first annual Public Health Officer Certification for the Oregon Patient Safety Commission's Reporting Program 2006 was released in July 2007.  It reviewed hospital reports, the only program active in 2006.  For the year 2007, the Commission has added reporting programs for nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers and retail pharmacies.  These will be included for the upcoming review.

Features:

• Is a distinctive public accountability feature of a statewide patient safety reporting system
• Certifies the overall integrity of the reporting program as well as the completeness, thoroughness, credibility and acceptability of each participant's reporting
• Applies independent and objective measurement criteria to assess the reporting program

The Certification is an assessment of the quantity and quality of the reports submitted by hospitals in 2006 as well as the overall integrity of the reporting program.

Certification 2006 (pdf)

Certification Tool for hospitals 2006 (pdf)