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Safety Goals of the Patient Safety Center – N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2998-b
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Current as of June 2015
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The Patient Safety Center must:
- Develop and disseminate performance information and promote participation by health plans, providers, and professionals in “voluntary, cooperative efforts to improve patient safety in health care quality…”
- Recommend medical safety goals and monitor providers’ ability to meet these goals.
- Conduct audits and other activities to “assure the validity of statewide reporting systems.”
- Analyze provider performance.
- Report its findings to the governor and legislature.
Current as of June 2015
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