TITLE 46

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 9

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT

46-919.  Idaho time sensitive emergency system — creation of tse registry — purpose. (1) The division, or an authorized contractor of the division, shall:

(a)  Establish a TSE registry to collect and analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, and outcomes of TSEs, and other such data necessary to evaluate trauma, strokes, and heart attacks and the health system’s response;

(b)  Establish the data elements and data dictionary, including child-specific data elements that hospitals must report, and the time frame and format for reporting; and

(c)  Support, where necessary, data collection and abstraction by providing:

(i)   A data collection system and technical assistance to each hospital; and

(ii)  Funding or, at the discretion of the division, personnel for collection and abstraction for each hospital.

(2)  The specific issues to be identified and evaluated through the TSE registry are:

(a)  Trauma, stroke, and heart attack TSE surveillance;

(b)  Geographic patterns of trauma incidence;

(c)  Types of TSEs treated in hospitals in Idaho;

(d)  Areas or regions of the state where improvements in the emergency medical system may be needed;

(e)  Public education and prevention needs and efforts; and

(f)  Other factors to consider in recommending, designing, or implementing a statewide TSE system.

(3)  The data collected by the TSE registry shall be of such a nature as to allow the division to identify at least the following:

(a)  Lack of access to care and improvement of the availability and delivery of prehospital, hospital, and post-acute TSE care;

(b)  Performance of the out-of-hospital and hospital emergency medical systems;

(c)  Costs of TSE care; and

(d)  Outcomes of persons who are victims of TSEs.

(4)  The division shall evaluate the data collected, as well as data collected from other relevant sources, and shall prepare an annual report. The data shall be used to regularly produce and disseminate aggregated and de-identified analytical reports and for recommending benchmark quality measures and outcomes and needed educational resources to the council.

History:

[46-919, added 2025, ch. 94, sec. 2, p. 449.]