Preventable Adverse Events
Preventable Adverse Events, also known as PAEs, can happen in health care. They are not supposed to happen. An example would be surgery on the wrong body part, or a bad injury from a fall. Health care workers try hard to make sure PAEs don't happen.
The State of Texas decided that most hospitals and surgery centers must report PAEs. As of January 1, 2015, PAEs that happen are reported to the Department of State Health Services.
Preventable Adverse Events Data
- View PAE Data from the Texas Health Care-Safety (HAI/PAE) Reports by Healthcare Facility.
Frequently Asked Questions
A compilation of common question and answers regarding PAE Reporting explaining who must report, what must be reported to TXHSN and how and when to report PAEs through TXHSN.
- PAE FAQs (PDF, 1 MB) Revised 04/2018
PAE Resources
Resource Documents
- Introduction to TxHSN PAE HAI User Guide PDF December 2015
- Introduction to TxHSN PAE Users Guide PDF December 2015
- TxHSN PAE Users Training 2 PDF 8/7/2015
- TxHSN PAE Users Training 3 PDF 10/16/2015
- PAE Reporting 101 PowerPoint with notes, 1/16/2015
- PAE Data Reporting PowerPoint, 12/22/2014
- PAE 2016 Spring Update PowerPoint with notes
- PAE Fall 2016 Update PDF
- PAE Fall 2016 Update with notes PowerPoint
PAE Tool Kit
- Definitions and Guidance 2018 PDF (801 KB) Revised 04/2018
- Poor Glycemic Control Crosswalk Word, Jan 2017
- Perinatal Algorithm PDF 01/01/2015
- PAE Categories and Tiers 12/02/2014
- Revised PAE Brochure PDF (583 KB) 4/5/2018
- Guidelines for NHSN Enrollment for Texas Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- PAE Alert for ASC's Word (49.6 KB) 09/12/2014
- TxHSN PAE Questions Worksheet PDF (575 KB) Revised, 8/15/2016
- PAE Contact Change Form Revised, 4/2018
- FY 2018 CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs)ICD-10 List
- Pressure Ulcers Reporting Guidance PDF Revised 05/16/17
PAE Resource Websites
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Journal of Patient Safety
- National Healthcare Safety Network
- National Patient Safety Foundation
- National Quality Forum (SRE's)
- AHRQ Patient Safety Network
- Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center
- Texas Association for Healthcare Quality
- Tx Administrative Code
- Texas Hospital Association