Sec. 4. Institute of medicine study on further medical checklist research
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies to conduct a study in accordance with this section. The Secretary shall ensure that the study conducted under this section— reviews available medical checklists and similar quality improvement techniques, data on the adoption and use of such techniques by health care professionals, and evidence of the efficacy of such techniques in relation to patient safety and health outcomes; identifies areas of research needed to improve medical checklists in order to increase the adoption and efficacy of medical checklists; analyzes organizational impediments to the adoption and use of medical checklists; reviews the degree to which there is sufficient evidence with which to develop new medical checklists and, if such evidence is insufficient, identifies areas requiring further study in order to develop such evidence; and determines whether the availability of an increased number of medical checklists would improve patient safety and health outcomes and, if so, identifies methods for using recent medical research to develop new medical checklists.
The Secretary shall ensure that the agreement entered into under subsection
(a)provides that the study conducted under such subsection will consider the perspectives of— various types of health care professionals in various types of health care settings; individuals conducting academic research in health care quality; and patients. The Secretary shall ensure that the agreement entered into under subsection
(a)provides that relevant agencies and organizations with expertise on medical checklists will be consulted during the study conducted under such subsection, including the following: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The American Nurses Association. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement. The American Hospital Association. The American Medical Association. The World Health Organization. The National Committee for Quality Assurance. The Joint Commission. The American Academy of Physician Assistants. The Secretary shall ensure that the agreement entered into under subsection
(a)provides that not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report providing the findings and recommendations made in the study conducted under such subsection will be submitted to the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.