Alaska § 18.08.015 - Patient information system.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 18.08.015 — Patient information system., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18.08.015. Patient information system.
(a) The department may establish an emergency medical services patient care information system. If the department collects information on emergency medical services patient care, the department shall establish a format for the data collection. The purpose of the system is to (1) collect data on the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma injuries;
(2) integrate this data on trauma injuries with information available from other public and private sources on trauma injuries; and
(3) improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency medical services.
(b) A person, organization, or government agency that provides a prehospital emergency medical service through a certificate issued under this chapter shall participate in the system by making available to the department the minimum data requested in a format that is compatible with the format developed by the department to implement (a) of this section. The minimum data must include the (1) type of medical emergency or nature of the call;
(2) response time; and
(3) prehospital treatment provided.
(c) A hospital that provides emergency medical services shall make available to the department an abstract of the records of all patients admitted to the hospital's trauma and general surgery services for trauma care. The abstracts must be in a format that is compatible with the format developed by the department under (a) of this section.
(d) [Repealed, E.O. No. 125, § 5 (2024).] (e) The department may delegate the responsibility for collecting data under this section to other public agencies or to private persons on contract to the department.
(f) In this section, “system” means the emergency medical services patient care information system established under this section.
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Section 18.08.015 ("Patient information system.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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