As a licensee of an outpatient medical service which is not wholly owned or managed by the government or government holding company, or publicly funded, am I required to establish a Serious Reportable Events – Quality Assurance Committee (SRE QAC) and submit SRE reports to MOH?

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While OMS which are not wholly owned or managed by government or government holding company, or publicly funded, are not mandated to establish a SRE QAC, all licensees of OMS are strongly encouraged to set up processes/systems to identify, review and report SREs, and establish an SRE QAC. The processes/systems should aim to detect and collect information on SREs that occur within the licensed premises and the established SRE QACs should monitor, evaluate, and review the SREs for learning and improvement. References for the establishment of SRE QACs and related processes may be taken from the Licensing Conditions on Review of Serious Reportable Events.

As a licensee of an outpatient medical service which is not wholly owned or managed by the government or government holding company, or publicly funded, am I required to establish a Serious Reportable Events – Quality Assurance Committee (SRE QAC) and submit SRE reports to MOH?

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