Who performs the Root Cause Analysis?
The Root Cause Analysis is to be performed by a multi-disciplinary team of the hospital or system to which the hospital belongs. Q: Will the final rules be different than the interim mandatory patient safety reporting requirements? A. Yes. Based upon our review of the Act and the Departments draft of the rules, it appears that the final rules will be more expansive and will apply to the other health care facilities such as Special Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities, and Assisted Living Facilities. It is anticipated that the final rules will require each facility to establish a Patient Safety Plan and Patient Safety Committee that meet certain prescribed standards. The final rules will also implement a system for voluntary disclosure of less serious preventable adverse events and near misses. It is expected that the rules will be proposed in mid-year 2005. Nevertheless, the interim mandatory patient safety reporting requirements are effective February 1, 2005
