National Quality Forum updates list of serious reportable events

The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board approved updates to its list of serious reportable events, including:
 

• Death or serious injury of a neonate associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy
• Patient death or serious injury resulting from the irretrievable loss of an irreplaceable biological specimen
• Patient death or serious injury resulting from failure to follow up or communicate laboratory, pathology, or radiology test results
• Death or serious injury of a patient or staff associated with the introduction of a metallic object into the MRI area.

In total, 29 events are on NQF’s list that hospitals, office-based practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and skilled nursing facilities should report. Organizations can request an appeal of any the serious reportable events by July 12.