; and (II) what is included in such an alert, such as the nature of death and where within the medical center the death occurred. (viii) The use of root cause analyses with respect to patient deaths in medical centers of the Department, including— (I) what threshold triggers a root cause analysis for a patient death; (II) who conducts the root cause analysis; and (III) how root cause analyses determine whether a patient death is suspicious or not. (ix) What triggers a patient safety alert, including how many suspicious deaths cause a patient safety alert to be triggered. (x) The situations in which an autopsy report is ordered for deaths at hospitals of the Department, including an identification of— (I) when the medical examiner is called to review a patient death; and (II) the official or officials that decide such a review is necessary. (xi) The method for family members of a patient who died at a medical center of the Department to request an investigation into that death. (xii) The opportunities that exist for family members of a patient who died at a medical center of the Department to request an autopsy for that death. (xiii) The methods in place for employees of the Department to report suspicious deaths at medical centers of the Department. (xiv) The steps taken by the Department if an employee of the Department is suspected to be implicated in a suspicious death at a medical center of the Department, including— (I) actions to remove or suspend that individual from patient care or temporarily reassign that individual and the speed at which that action occurs