Error Reporting for Major Clinical Affiliates

Since 1999 the Institute of Medicine has recommended that patient safety reporting systems be used in an effort to improve patient safety.  Since 2004 the State of New Jersey has required that all acute care hospitals report medical errors to the New Jersey Department of Health for use in developing patient safety initiatives.  

All clinical affiliates have mechanisms in place for reporting patient safety concerns.  Each event reporting system has an extensive list of reportable events however common occurrences include medication dosing or administration errors, delays in care, complications of lab testing, and near miss events.

RWJBarnabas Health

Below, please find instructions on how to report patient and workplace events along with examples of each event category. This information is available on the Bridge and on the HRP Reporter Dashboard.

• How to Report a Patient Experience Event 
• How to Report a Patient Safety Event 
• How to Report a Workplace Safety or Workplace Violence Event 

University Hospital – Riskonnect

• Log in to Riskonnect via Citrix Workspace or EPIC (click on “Clinical Links” on top and look for the Riskonnect icon on the webpage that opens)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

• Log-in to any VA computer and choose the "Electronic Patient Event Report" program located on the desktop.