{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-8707","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8707","heading":"Patient safety organization, defined.","body":"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:\n(1) The conduct, as the organization's primary activity, of efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery;\n(2) The collection and analysis of patient safety work product that is submitted by providers;\n(3) The development and dissemination of evidence-based information to providers with respect to improving patient safety, such as recommendations, protocols, or information regarding best practices;\n(4) The utilization of patient safety work product to carry out activities limited to those described under this section and for the purposes of encouraging a culture of safety and of providing direct feedback and assistance to providers to effectively minimize patient risk;\n(5) The maintenance of confidentiality with respect to identifiable information;\n(6) The provision of appropriate security measures with respect to patient safety work product; and\n(7) The possible submission, if authorized by federal law, of nonidentifiable information to a national patient safety database.","path":["Chapter 71 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-8707","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T06:03:47Z","sha256":"b7b99a4b10a4fe8aa1f451ec05e72755ece32c128f2fba5c9064f1cd3902e474","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-8706","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-8708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}