NY S06979

Establishes a "pilot phase" for initial collection of hospital sepsis clinical data to ensure completeness and accuracy of reporting

Requires the Department of Health to encrypt hospital identifiers in public databases and reports during the pilot phase, with each hospital receiving an encryption key for accessing its own performance data

Permits the pilot phase to last up to two years, depending on the validity and reliability of collected data, before public reporting of hospital-specific sepsis mortality rates

Mandates the Department issue regular reports to hospitals assessing data accuracy during the pilot phase and provide guidance for improving reporting

Requires hospital identifiers and clinical performance data, including risk-adjusted mortality rates and state/national comparisons, to be posted on the Department's website after the pilot phase concludes