26-8a-253 - Statewide trauma registry and quality assurance program. - Utah Statutes

26-8a-253. Statewide trauma registry and quality assurance program.
(1) The department shall:
(a) establish and fund a statewide trauma registry to collect and analyze information onthe incidence, severity, causes, and outcomes of trauma;
(b) establish, by rule, the data elements, the medical care providers that must report, andthe time frame and format for reporting;
(c) use the data collected to:
(i) improve the availability and delivery of prehospital and hospital trauma care;
(ii) assess trauma care delivery, patient care outcomes, and compliance with therequirements of this chapter and applicable department rules; and
(iii) regularly produce and disseminate reports to data providers, state government, andthe public; and
(d) support data collection and abstraction by providing:
(i) a data collection system and technical assistance to each hospital that submits data;and
(ii) funding or, at the discretion of the department, personnel for collection andabstraction for each hospital not designated as a trauma center under the standards establishedpursuant to Section 26-8a-254.
(2) (a) Each hospital shall submit trauma data in accordance with rules established underSubsection (1).
(b) A hospital designated as a trauma center shall submit data as part of the ongoingquality assurance program established in Section 26-8a-252.
(3) The department shall assess:
(a) the effectiveness of the data collected pursuant to Subsection (1); and
(b) the impact of the statewide trauma system on the provision of trauma care.
(4) Data collected under this section shall be subject to Title 26, Chapter 3, HealthStatistics.
(5) No person may be held civilly liable for having provided data to the department inaccordance with this section.

Amended by Chapter 310, 2006 General Session