Ohio: Incident Reporting and Tracking System

Article Publication Date:

5/4/2003

Summary:

This Promising Practices Bulletin highlights the development and implementation of an internet-based centralized reporting system to report and track major/unusual incidents in the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The system is used by county boards to report major and unusual incidents (MUIs) to the state, by the state to follow up on investigations and remediation related to MUIs, as well as for analysis of patterns and trends related to MUIs.

Topics:

Quality

Types/Tools:

Promising practices

Populations:

Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities

Sources:

CMS; Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)

Programs/Initiatives:

N/A

States:

Ohio