Congress 108 - HR 877 - Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2003

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Accident prevention Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative procedure Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Communication in medicine Computer matching Computer security measures Confidential communications Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Emergency Management Emergency medicine Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Fees Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Health facilities Health information systems Home care services Hospitals Information technology Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Medical malpractice Medical personnel Medical records Medical statistics Nursing homes Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Peer review organizations (Medicine) Physicians Public-private partnerships Quality of care Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Standards State laws Surveys Terminal care Whistle blowing

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Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Patient Safety Improvements) to provide for voluntary reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services of patient safety data.

Prescribes confidentiality and peer review protections for such data. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on State laws that relate to patient safety data peer review systems. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety supports public and private sector initiatives to improve patient safety for items and services furnished through health care providers. Charges the Center with: (1) providing for the certification and recertification of patient safety organizations; and (2) establishing a Patient Safety Database to collect, support, and coordinate the analysis of non-identifiable information concerning patient safety that is reported. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop voluntary, national standards that promote the interoperability of health care information technology systems across all health care settings; and (2) encourage health care providers to adopt appropriate evidence-based methods to improve patient safety. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board to advise and make recommendations on medical information technology.

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Mar 13, 2003

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 24.
Mar 13, 2003

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Mar 11, 2003

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 13, 2003.
Mar 11, 2003

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 108-31, Part I.
Feb 27, 2003

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 27, 2003

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 25, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 25, 2003

Introduced in House

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