Nebraska Statutes 71-8708. Patient safety work product, defined
(1) Patient safety work product means any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses, or quality improvement processes that are:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-8708
- Patient safety organization: means an organization described in section 71-8714 that contracts with one or more providers subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act and that performs the following activities:
(1) The conduct, as the organization's primary activity, of efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8707
- Patient safety work product: means any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses, or quality improvement processes that are:
(a) Created or developed by a provider solely for the purposes of reporting to a patient safety organization. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8708
- Patient safety work product does not: include information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources merely because they were collected for or submitted to a patient safety organization. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8708
- Provider: means a person that is either:
(1) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8709
(a) Created or developed by a provider solely for the purposes of reporting to a patient safety organization;
(b) Reported to a patient safety organization for patient safety or quality improvement processes;
(c) Requested by a patient safety organization, including the contents of such request;
(d) Reported to a provider by a patient safety organization;
(e) Created by a provider to evaluate corrective actions following a report by or to a patient safety organization;
(f) Created or developed by a patient safety organization; or
(g) Reported among patient safety organizations after obtaining authorization.
(2) Patient safety work product does not include information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources merely because they were collected for or submitted to a patient safety organization. Patient safety work product also does not include documents, investigations, records, or reports otherwise required by law.
(3) Patient safety work product does not include reports and information disclosed pursuant to sections 71-8719 and 71-8720.