Sec. 742. PROCESSES FOR PATIENT SAFETY IN MILITARY AND VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
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## SEC. 742 PROCESSES FOR PATIENT SAFETY IN MILITARY AND VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS **[**[10 U.S.C. 1071 note](/us/usc/t10/s1071)**]** ###
(a)Error Tracking Process The Secretary of Defense shall implement a centralized process for reporting, compilation, and analysis of errors in the provision of health care under the defense health program that endanger patients beyond the normal risks associated with the care and treatment of such patients. To the extent practicable, that process shall emulate the system established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for reporting, compilation, and analysis of errors in the provision of health care under the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system that endanger patients beyond such risks. ###
(b)Sharing of Information The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— ####
(1)shall share information regarding the designs of systems or protocols established to reduce errors in the provision of health care described in subsection (a); and ####
(2)shall develop such protocols as the Secretaries consider necessary for the establishment and administration of effective processes for the reporting, compilation, and analysis of such errors.
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PROCESSES FOR PATIENT SAFETY IN MILITARY AND VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
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