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57-2001 PURPOSE OF THE REGISTRY.

TITLE 57

PUBLIC FUNDS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 20

TRAUMA REGISTRY

57-2001. Purpose of the registry. (1) The specific issues to be identified and evaluated through the trauma registry are:

(a) Injury surveillance;

(b) Geographic patterns of trauma incidence;

(c) Types of injuries 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 trauma system.

(2) The data collected by the trauma registry shall be of such a nature as to allow the department to identify at least the following:

(a) Access to care;

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

(c) Costs of trauma care; and

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

(3) The department shall evaluate the data collected, as well as data collected from other relevant sources, and, beginning one (1) year after the effective date of this chapter, shall prepare an annual report.