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 PUBLIC LAW 109–41—JULY 29, 2005

119 STAT. 431

‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a final report to the Congress. ‘‘SEC. 923. NETWORK OF PATIENT SAFETY DATABASES.

42 USC 299b–23.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall facilitate the creation of, and maintain, a network of patient safety databases that provides an interactive evidence-based management resource for providers, patient safety organizations, and other entities. The network of databases shall have the capacity to accept, aggregate across the network, and analyze nonidentifiable patient safety work product voluntarily reported by patient safety organizations, providers, or other entities. The Secretary shall assess the feasibility of providing for a single point of access to the network for qualified researchers for information aggregated across the network and, if feasible, provide for implementation. ‘‘(b) DATA STANDARDS.—The Secretary may determine common formats for the reporting to and among the network of patient safety databases maintained under subsection (a) of nonidentifiable patient safety work product, including necessary work product elements, common and consistent definitions, and a standardized computer interface for the processing of such work product. To the extent practicable, such standards shall be consistent with the administrative simplification provisions of part C of title XI of the Social Security Act. ‘‘(c) USE OF INFORMATION.—Information reported to and among the network of patient safety databases under subsection (a) shall be used to analyze national and regional statistics, including trends and patterns of health care errors. The information resulting from such analyses shall be made available to the public and included in the annual quality reports prepared under section 913(b)(2). ‘‘SEC. 924. PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION AND LISTING.

‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.— ‘‘(1) INITIAL CERTIFICATION.—An entity that seeks to be a patient safety organization shall submit an initial certification to the Secretary that the entity— ‘‘(A) has policies and procedures in place to perform each of the patient safety activities described in section 921(5); and ‘‘(B) upon being listed under subsection (d), will comply with the criteria described in subsection (b). ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT CERTIFICATIONS.—An entity that is a patient safety organization shall submit every 3 years after the date of its initial listing under subsection (d) a subsequent certification to the Secretary that the entity— ‘‘(A) is performing each of the patient safety activities described in section 921(5); and ‘‘(B) is complying with the criteria described in subsection (b). ‘‘(b) CRITERIA.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The following are criteria for the initial and subsequent certification of an entity as a patient safety organization: ‘‘(A) The mission and primary activity of the entity are to conduct activities that are to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery.

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