Sec. 712. PUBLICATION OF DATA ON PATIENT SAFETY, QUALITY OF CARE, SATISFACTION, AND HEALTH OUTCOME MEASURES UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM

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## SEC. 712 PUBLICATION OF DATA ON PATIENT SAFETY, QUALITY OF CARE, SATISFACTION, AND HEALTH OUTCOME MEASURES UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM Section 1073b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(c) Publication of Data on Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Satisfaction, and Health Outcome Measures > > > ####

(1)> > Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall publish on a publically available Internet website of the Department of Defense data on all measures that the Secretary considers appropriate that are used by the Department to assess patient safety, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes for health care provided under the TRICARE program at each military medical treatment facility. > > > #### “(2) > > The Secretary shall publish an update to the data published under paragraph

(1)not less frequently than once each quarter during each fiscal year. > > > #### “(3) > > The Secretary may not include data relating to risk management activities of the Department in any publication under paragraph

(1)or update under paragraph (2). > > > #### “(4) > > The Secretary shall ensure that the data published under paragraph

(1)and updated under paragraph

(2)is accessible to the public through the primary Internet website of the Department and the primary Internet website of the military medical treatment facility with respect to which such data applies.” > .