Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality

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government agency state government bureau

The Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality is a division of Massachusetts state government responsible for overseeing and improving the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of health care facilities and services.

Aliases (1)

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/bureau-of-health-care-safety-and-quality ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency → state government bureau →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
employer	regulatory and compliance staff → state health care surveyors →
governedBy	Massachusetts General Laws → Massachusetts health care facility regulations →
hasObjective	ensure compliance with state and federal health care regulations → improve quality of health care services in Massachusetts → improve safety of health care services in Massachusetts → protect the public from unsafe health care practices →
hasRole	ensuring minimum standards of care in licensed facilities → implementing state and federal health care regulations → monitoring quality of care indicators → protecting patients in health care settings →
jurisdiction	Massachusetts →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedIn	Massachusetts → surface form: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
operatesIn	Boston, Massachusetts →
oversees	certification of health care facilities in Massachusetts → complaint investigations involving health care facilities in Massachusetts → enforcement actions against noncompliant health care facilities in Massachusetts → inspection of health care facilities in Massachusetts → licensing of health care facilities in Massachusetts →
partOf	Massachusetts Department of Public Health → Executive Office of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts → surface form: "Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services" Government of Massachusetts → surface form: "Massachusetts state government"
regulates	ambulatory surgery centers in Massachusetts → certain outpatient health care facilities in Massachusetts → clinics in Massachusetts → hospitals in Massachusetts → long-term care facilities in Massachusetts →
responsibleFor	health care quality in Massachusetts → health care safety in Massachusetts → oversight of health care facilities in Massachusetts → regulatory compliance of health care providers in Massachusetts →
subjectArea	facility licensing and certification → health care compliance enforcement → health care quality improvement → health care regulation → patient safety →
website	Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality → surface form: "https://www.mass.gov/orgs/bureau-of-health-care-safety-and-quality"
worksWith	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → other units of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health → hasDivision → Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality →

Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality → website → Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality →

this entity surface form: "https://www.mass.gov/orgs/bureau-of-health-care-safety-and-quality"