Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 57 > Chapter 20 - Time Sensitive Emergency (Tse) Registry

• Confidential information: means information which may identify a patient, health care facility or health care practitioner. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• Contractor: means that individual, partnership, corporation or other entity performing TSE registry services under a contractual agreement with the department. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• De-identified information: means records and information contained in the TSE registry, including compilations and analyses thereof that do not contain information which might identify a patient, health care facility or health care practitioner. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• Department: means the bureau of emergency medical services and preparedness of the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• Heart attack: means STEMI, which is a common name for ST-elevation myocardial infarction, a more precise definition for a type of heart attack that is caused by a prolonged period of blocked blood supply that affects a large area of the heart and has a substantial risk of death and disability calling for a quick response. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
• Stroke: means an interruption of blood flow to the brain causing paralysis, slurred speech and/or altered brain function usually caused by a blockage in a blood vessel that carries blood to the brain (ischemic stroke) or by a blood vessel bursting (hemorrhagic). See Idaho Code 57-2002
• TSE: means a time sensitive emergency, specifically trauma, heart attack or stroke. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• TSE registry: means the population-based data system that provides ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of information related to trauma, stroke and heart attack for system improvement, prevention and research activities. See Idaho Code 57-2002
• TSE system: means the organized approach to treating injured patients that establishes and promotes standards for patient transportation, equipment, and information analysis for effective and coordinated TSE care. See Idaho Code 57-2002