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Oregon State Hospital leaders describe corrective actions after sentinel events, report shorter seclusion and restraint durations
Summary
State hospital officials told the Senate Judiciary committee about leadership changes, a plan of correction under CMS and Joint Commission oversight, and operational changes that reduced average seclusion duration from about 29 hours to roughly 5.5 hours and restraint duration from about 6.9 hours to 3.3 hours.
Officials from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon State Hospital briefed the committee on actions taken after recent sentinel events and described steps to improve patient safety and clinical oversight.
Dave Baden, Deputy Director for Policy and Programs at the Oregon Health Authority, said the governor—s office and OHA increased oversight after sentinel events and installed interim leadership at the hospital (interim superintendent and interim chief medical officer among other appointments). He described the hospital as the state—s…
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