The New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System Annual Report 2000/2001

"The New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System Annual Report 2000/2001" is also availiable in Portable Document Format (PDF, 269KB, 65pg.)

George E. Pataki
Governor
New York State

Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Commissioner
New York State Health Department

Table of Contents

NYPORTS Annual Report 2000/2001

• Executive Summary
• Introduction and Background
• Completeness of Reporting in NYPORTS
  • Matching NYPORTS 605 Occurrences with SPARCS Data
    • Process for Measuring Reporting of 605 Occurrences
    • Results of Process
  • Examination of Regional Variation in Reporting NYPORTS Data
    • Increased Reporting Statewide
    • Increased Reporting by Region
• Changes in Reporting by Individual NYPORTS Code
• Analysis of Procedures Associated with NYPORTS Codes
• Analysis of Selected NYPORTS Codes
  • 912 Analysis
  • 915 Analysis
  • NYPORTS News and Alert
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Grant
  • NYPORTS Information Prompts Hospital Studies
• Work in Progress
• Appendix A-County List
• Appendix B-Includes/Excludes List
• Appendix C-912 Analysis
• Appendix D-915 Analysis
• Acknowledgements
• News and Alert-Issue #11