147A.26 - TRAUMA REGISTRY.
147A.26 TRAUMA REGISTRY.
1. The department shall maintain a statewide trauma reporting
system by which the system evaluation and quality improvement
committee, the trauma system advisory council, and the department may
monitor the effectiveness of the statewide trauma care system.
2. The data collected by and furnished to the department pursuant
to this section are confidential records of the condition, diagnosis,
care, or treatment of patients or former patients, including
outpatients, pursuant to section 22.7. The compilations prepared for
release or dissemination from the data collected are not confidential
under section 22.7, subsection 2. However, information which
individually identifies patients shall not be disclosed and state and
federal law regarding patient confidentiality shall apply.
3. To the extent possible, activities under this section shall be
coordinated with other health data collection methods. Section History: Recent Form
95 Acts, ch 40, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1079, § 7