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The
state of Tennessee has
passed a law (Public Chapter No. 508) “to
require licensed health care facilities to report unusual events
and certain other incidents, to ensure certain information related
to such reports is retained as confidential information and to
enhance the collection and assimilation of relevant health data to
assist the development of best practices by health care
providers.”
These
events would be reported to the Department of Health within seven
business days of the incident. The report would be confidential
and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or legal compulsion.
The
act is known as the “Health Data Reporting Act of 2002.”
To read this new law, go to:
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/102/pub/pc0508.pdf
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