The HCRQI program regulates health care facilities, providers and suppliers in acute care and community-based programs. These include hospitals, home health agencies, in-home care agencies, hospice programs, ambulatory surgical centers, rural health clinics, special inpatient care facilities, end-stage renal disease dialysis facilities, birthing centers, rehabilitation agencies and clinics, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, community mental health centers, hemodialysis technicians and portable x-ray suppliers.
HCRQI also oversees the EMS and Trauma Systems Program which develops and regulates systems for quality emergency medical care in Oregon.
What We Do
Vision
Improve the health and well-being of Oregonians.
Mission
To ensure that Oregonians have wide access to the health care they need, and that their health care will be safe, of high quality, and meet or exceed state and federal standards. This mission is accomplished through state licensure and federal Medicare certification of health facilities, providers and suppliers.
Values
Protect the rights of patients receiving health care through monitoring to ensure compliance with standards set forth in state rules and federal regulations.
The Health Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Program is part of the Center for Health Protection in the Public Health Division. Search the Public Health Program Directory to see all programs in the Oregon Public Health Division.