4-5 Vt. Code R. 17:1 - General provisions regarding hospitals under the Department of Financial Regulation regulations

“General provisions under the Department of Financial Regulation regulations”

Each hospital is required to publish and provide to the commissioner of financial regulation and the public oversight commission annual hospital community reports in standard format. The purpose of this regulation is to establish the standard format for such reports which must include:

• Measures of quality,  patient safety, and hospital-acquired infections:
• Inclusiveness and meaningful public participation in strategic planning and decision-making: 
• The hospital's consumer complaint resolution process;
• Information concerning recent or current quality improvement and patient safety projects; and
• A description of identified health care needs strategic initiatives, capital expenditure plans and a depreciation schedule for existing facilities.