H.R. 3205 · 109th Congress

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

Stage: Reported from committee
Sponsor: Michael Bilirakis
Introduced: 2005-07-12
Latest action: 2005-07-27 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 109-197.

Subjects

Congress

Performance measurement

Health

Civil actions and liability

Law

Medical research

Department of Health and Human Services

Commerce

Right of privacy

Technology assessment

Hospital care

Administrative remedies

Freedom of information

Science, Technology, Communications

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Government Operations and Politics

Labor and Employment

Economics and Public Finance

Hospitals

Congressional reporting requirements

Congressional investigations

Information technology

Governmental investigations

Communication in medicine

Cost effectiveness

Drugs

Health surveys

Medical economics

Medical malpractice

Medical personnel

Physicians

Quality of care

Employee rights

Government paperwork

Standards

State laws

Patients' rights

Preventive medicine

Associations, institutions, etc.

Licenses

Administrative procedure

Medical technology

Technological innovations

Evidence (Law)

Subpoena

Data banks

Fines (Penalties)

Injunctions

Accreditation (Medical care)

Identification devices

Confidential communications

Grants-in-aid

Federal aid to health facilities

Disciplining of employees

Labeling

Computers

Whistle blowing

Medical records

Medical statistics

Computer software

Drug industry

Dismissal of employees

Wage restitution

Health information systems

Packaging

Electronic data interchange

Conflict of interests

Patient satisfaction

Pharmacists

Discovery (Law)