Please note that general complaints about a health care facility should be submitted to the Complaint hotline at 1-800-792-9770 or through the Complaint hotline web based system.
The Patient Safety Voluntary Anonymous System allows employees and professionals working at a health care facility to submit voluntary anonymous reports to the Department regarding preventable adverse events that resulted in injury to a specific patient.
In accordance with the Patient Safety Regulations, all NJ licensed healthcare facilities are required to:
- inform employees and health care professionals practicing at the health care facility of their option to file such voluntary anonymous reports.
- make this information available through patient or resident safety training programs and by prominently posting it in a location accessible to employees and health care professionals.
When submitting a voluntary anonymous report to Patient Safety, the following fields are required:
- The patient’s last name
- The facility name at which the event occurred
- The type of event
Please complete as many fields as possible.
Please note: Reports should only be submitted through the Voluntary Anonymous System by an employee or healthcare professional if a specific patient had a serious injury related to healthcare.
