Ombudsman

Services

Medical Review Subcommittee

Medical Alerts 

• Medical Alerts, Bulletins and Updates

About MRS

• MRS Statement

Death and Serious Injuries Reporting

• An Update on Mandatory Reporting of Deaths and Serious Injuries - Minn. Stat. 245.94, Subd. 2a (NEW - May 2009)  HTML PDF
• What Makes an Injury Serious Enough to Report? (June 2007)  HTML PDF

Forms for Serious Injuries or Deaths

• Forms

Letters from Medical Review Coordinator

• Winter Alerts Letter (December 2011) NEW -  HTML PDF
• Summer Alerts Letter (2010)  HTML PDF
• Procedures for Agency, Facility, and Provider Notification to Deceased Client's Next-of-Kin/Concerned Other of Death Report to the Ombudsman Office
  HTML PDF
• Notification Letter to Next-of-Kin  HTML PDF

Educational Information

• Geriatrics Society Updates Fall Prevention Guidelines updated 2010
• Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Tackles Miscommunication Among Caregivers
• Advocating for your clients with health care providers
• MN 10 by 10 - Click here to learn more about an important initiative to improve the average lifespan of Minnesotans with serious mental illness.
• Minnesota Advance Psychiatric Directive and Health Care Directive
  This is a PDF document and is from the Minnesota Disability Law Center website.

Resources

External

State of Minnesota
Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
121 7th Place E. Ste 420, St. Paul, MN 55101-2117
Voice:  651-757-1800 or 1-800-657-3506
Fax:  651-797-1950    TTY/voice - Minnesota Relay Service 711
E-mail:   ombudsman.mhdd@state.mn.us