According to state law, any health care institution wishing to oppose a certificate of need application must file a written objection with the agency no later than 15 days before the meeting at which the application would be considered. However, the law also states that a health care institution doesn’t have to comply with that time frame and can still appear before the agency to oppose the application if it pays for the costs for a “contested case” hearing and also reimburses the applicant’s filing fee.

7. Please provide a list of HIT problems or complaints that have been identified by or reported to your facility since January 2008 that directly or indirectly impacted patient safety or the delivery of care, including any complications or adverse events that have occurred as a result of HIT product design and/or usability. Please describe whether and how each of those problems or complaints was resolved and whether these issues have resulted in a change in policy to prevent the problem in the future.