Utah Code 53-2d-304. Statewide trauma registry and quality assurance program
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(1) The bureau shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2d-304
- Bureau: means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section
53-2d-102 . See Utah Code 53-2d-101 - Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section
53-1-103 . See Utah Code 53-1-102 - Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section
26B-4-119 . See Utah Code 53-2d-101 - Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Trauma: means an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
- Trauma system: means a single, statewide system that:
(28)(a) organizes and coordinates the delivery of trauma care within defined geographic areas from the time of injury through transport and rehabilitative care; and(28)(b) is inclusive of all prehospital providers, hospitals, and rehabilitative facilities in delivering care for trauma patients, regardless of severity. See Utah Code 53-2d-101(1)(a) establish and fund a statewide trauma registry to collect and analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, and outcomes of trauma;(1)(b) establish, by rule, the data elements, the medical care providers that shall report, and the time frame and format for reporting;(1)(c) use the data collected to:(1)(c)(i) improve the availability and delivery of prehospital and hospital trauma care;(1)(c)(ii) assess trauma care delivery, patient care outcomes, and compliance with the requirements of this chapter and applicable department rules; and(1)(c)(iii) regularly produce and disseminate reports to data providers, state government, and the public; and(1)(d) support data collection and abstraction by providing:(1)(d)(i) a data collection system and technical assistance to each hospital that submits data; and(1)(d)(ii) funding or, at the discretion of the bureau, personnel for collection and abstraction for each hospital not designated as a trauma center under the standards established pursuant to Section53-2d-305 .(2)(2)(a) Each hospital shall submit trauma data in accordance with rules established under Subsection (1).(2)(b) A hospital designated as a trauma center shall submit data as part of the ongoing quality assurance program established in Section53-2d-303 .(3) The department shall assess:(3)(a) the effectiveness of the data collected pursuant to Subsection (1); and(3)(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 26B, Chapter 8, Part 4, Health Statistics.(5) No person may be held civilly liable for having provided data to the department in accordance with this section.