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2021 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 8d - Utah Statewide Stroke and Cardiac Registry Act
Section 102 - Statewide stroke registry.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-8d-102 (2021)
Effective 5/8/2018
26-8d-102. Statewide stroke registry.
Enacted by Chapter 104, 2018 General Session
26-8d-102. Statewide stroke registry.
- (1) The department shall establish and supervise a statewide stroke registry to:
- (a) analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, outcomes, and rehabilitation of stroke;
- (b) promote optimal care for stroke patients;
- (c) alleviate unnecessary death and disability from stroke;
- (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 stroke.
- (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 stroke registry on the provision of stroke 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 stroke 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.
- (a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:
- (4) A general acute hospital shall submit stroke 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.
Enacted by Chapter 104, 2018 General Session
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