Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R426 - Population Health, Emergency Medical Services
Rule R426-9 - Specialty Care Systems Facility Designations
Section R426-9-700 - Data Requirements for an Inclusive Trauma System
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) All hospitals shall collect, and monthly submit to the Department, Trauma Registry information necessary to maintain an inclusive trauma system. Designated trauma centers shall provide such data in a standardized electronic format approved by the Department. The Department shall provide funds to hospitals, excluding designated trauma centers, for the data collection process. In order to ensure consistent patient data collection, a trauma patient is defined as a patient sustaining a traumatic injury and meeting the following criteria:
Stay at a hospital greater than 12 hours (as measured from the Emergency Department arrival to patient discharge); transferred in or out of reporting hospital via EMS transport (including air ambulance); death resulting from the traumatic injury (independent of hospital admission or hospital transfer status.