"North Star" Goal for Oregon

Can Oregon have the safest health care system in the country?  The Patient Safety Commission proposes an ambitious goal for Oregon's health care system -- become the best.  Read Administrator Jim Dameron's comments in the May issue of Oregon Health News here.

Interviews with Commission Board Directors

     Lewis McCoy

     Susan King

     Bruce Johnson

Written Notification - October 2006 Workshop (see also workshop summary under "Learning More About Patient Safety," home page

   Board Statement on Written Disclosure

   Annotated Resource List  (2007)

   "Stepping into Transparency," Rogue Valley Medical Center

     Example Policies and Guidelines

        Disclosure of Unanticipated Events, Adventist

        Disclosure Policy, Asante

        Example Policy / Communicating Unanticipated Adverse Events

        Guidelines / Communicating Unanticipated Adverse Events, Kaiser

        Written Disclosure, Samaritan Pacific

News and Opinion

   Oregon's Future, Summer 2005

   Oregonian, November 2005

   Oregonian Editorial, January 2006

   Oregonian, February 2006

   Portland Tribune, May 2006

   Bend Bulletin, September 2006

   Oregon Health Forum, September 2006

   Guest Column, Bend Bulletin, September 2006

   Oregon Pharmacy Newsletter, November 2006

   Bend Bulletin, November 2006

   Oregonian, January 2007

   Oregonian Editorial, February 2007

   Oregon NHA, February 2007

   Bend Bulletin, May 2007

   Portland Tribune, June 2007

   Bend Bulletin, December 2007

Meeting Minutes

   August 3, 2004

   September 14, 2004

   December 7, 2004

   January 18, 2005

   March 1, 2005

   April 12, 2005

   May 24, 2005

   July 12, 2005

   August 23, 2005

   November 15, 2005

   January 12, 2006

   January 31, 2006

   March 14, 2006

   April 25, 2006

   June 6, 2006

   July 18, 2006

   August 29, 2006

   November 14, 2006

Reports

   2004 Report to the Governor

   Biennial Budget, 2005-2007

   Oregon / IHI, December 2005

   Administrator's Note, August 2006

   2006 Report to the Legislature

   Survey Summary, January 2007

   Use of Colored Wristbands, 2007

   2007 Report to the Legislature

   Public Health Officer's Certification for 2006

   2007 Hospital Report

Supporters

   Initial Donors

   2007 Grant

Consumers

   Point-of-View Story, May 2007