§ 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 care providers and health care
professionals to participate in voluntary, cooperative efforts to
improve patient safety and health care quality, consistent with state
law;

(b) Utilize the information collected pursuant to this title to
recommend statewide medical safety goals and track the progress of
health care providers in meeting these safety goals;

(c) Develop programs to assure the validity of statewide data
reporting systems, including the use of random audit;

(d) Analyze and report on health care performance of health care
providers and health care professionals in New York state pursuant to
this title; and