Patient Safety

The Public Health Division is committed to supporting safe health care for all Oregonians.

Vision: Patients in Oregon are safe in all interactions with the health care delivery system.

Mission: To provide leadership, information and skills, support and resources to health care providers and patients so that they can ensure patient safety

Strategic Areas:

• Support for the Oregon Patient Safety Commission
• Culture of Patient Safety
• Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care
• Facilities Design

Recent Activities

Public Health Officer Certification

Patient Safety Improvement Corps 2007/2008

Quality Improvement Workshop

Projects with the Patient Safety Commission

• Oregon Consortium of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project - support for the spread of best practices statewide
• Written notification survey for hospital participants
• Strategy for measuring statewide patient safety

Patients and Families

Information for patients and families about:

• How to be active participants in their own care
• How to contribute to better and safer care

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For more information please contact:

Dana Selover MD, MPH

Patient Safety Policy Lead

Office of Health Systems Planning

800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 930

Portland, OR 97232

(971) 673-1216

Fax: (971) 673-1299

dana.s.selover@state.or.us