New York Public Health Law Title 2 - QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- 2998 - Patient Safety Center.
1. There is established within the department a patient safety center, referred to in this article as "the center". 2. The purpose of the center...
- 2998-a - Information.
1. The center shall identify available information that is useful for maximizing patient safety, reducing medical errors, and improving health care quality, including information available...
- 2998-b - Safety Goals.
1. The center shall: (a) Promote the development and dissemination or regional and statewide performance information, and efforts by health care organizations, health plans, health...
- 2998-c - Best Practices.
1. The center shall: (a) Review and promote research to assist health care providers and health plans in identifying systemic problems in health care leading...
- 2998-d - Voluntary and Collaborative Reporting System.
The center, in collaboration with health care providers, shall develop a voluntary and collaborative reporting system, for the purposes of obtaining information useful for maximizing...
- 2998-e - Reporting in Office Based Surgery.
1. The commissioner may enter into agreements with accrediting agencies to require all office-based surgical practices to conduct quality improvement and quality assurance activities and...
- 2999 - Contracting With Private Entities.
The center may contract with one or more private entities to undertake the duties delineated in this title. Such entities shall remain subject to existing...
- 2999-a - Public Access.
Nothing in this title shall abridge public access to information currently available or permitted by any other provision or rule of law. Nothing in this...
Last modified: February 3, 2019