Montana Code 50-17-201. Department monitoring of acute heart attack data — reporting requirement
50-17-201. Department monitoring of acute heart attack data — reporting requirement. (1) The department shall undertake the following activities to achieve continuous quality improvement in the response to and treatment of acute heart attacks:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-17-201
- Acute heart attack: means a heart attack that involves a prolonged period of blocked blood supply, affects a large area of the heart, and is measured by an elevation of the ST segment of an electrocardiogram. See Montana Code 50-17-102
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-17-102
- Emergency medical service: has the meaning provided in 50-6-302. See Montana Code 50-17-102
- Hospital: has the meaning provided in 50-5-101 and includes a rural emergency hospital as defined in 50-5-101. See Montana Code 50-17-102
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)monitor data reported to and analyses generated by a national data platform, including prehospital, hospital, and posthospital measures;
(b)identify potential interventions or practices to improve the response to acute heart attacks in Montana or in specific regions of the state;
(c)work with hospitals, critical access hospitals, and emergency medical service providers on the reporting of data and on using the results of data analysis; and
(d)make recommendations to the legislature and to hospitals, critical access hospitals, emergency medical service providers, and health care providers on ways to improve the response to and delivery of care for acute heart attacks.
(2)The department shall coordinate its efforts under this part with state and national organizations involved in quality improvement for acute heart attacks in order to avoid duplication of efforts.
(3)The department shall establish an oversight process and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided for acute heart attacks, including the system response to and the treatment of acute heart attacks.