Statewide cardiac registry.

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  • (1) The department shall establish and supervise a statewide cardiac registry to:
    • (a) analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, outcomes, and rehabilitation of cardiac diseases;
    • (b) promote optimal care for cardiac patients;
    • (c) alleviate unnecessary death and disability from cardiac diseases;
    • (d) encourage the efficient and effective continuum of patient care, including prevention, prehospital care, hospital care, and rehabilitative care; and
    • (e) minimize the overall cost of cardiac care.
  • (2) The department shall utilize the registry established under Subsection (1) to assess:
    • (a) the effectiveness of the data collected by the registry; and
    • (b) the impact of the statewide cardiac registry on the provision of cardiac care.
  • (3)
    • (a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:
      • (i) the data elements that general acute hospitals shall report to the registry; and
      • (ii) the time frame and format for reporting.
    • (b) The data elements described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall include consensus metrics consistent with data elements used in nationally recognized data set platforms for cardiac care.
    • (c) The department shall permit a general acute hospital to submit data required under this section through an electronic exchange of clinical health information that meets the standards established by the department under Section 26-1-37.
  • (4) A general acute hospital shall submit cardiac data in accordance with rules established under Subsection (3).
  • (5) Data collected under this section shall be subject to Chapter 3, Health Statistics.
  • (6) No person may be held civilly liable for providing data to the department in accordance with this section.




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