1. The department shall maintain a statewide trauma reporting system by which the trauma system advisory council and the department may monitor the effectiveness of the statewide trauma care system.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 147A.26

  • Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 147A.1
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
  • Trauma: means a single or multisystem life-threatening or limb-threatening injury, or an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent disability. See Iowa Code 147A.21
  • Trauma care system: means an organized approach to providing personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and coordinated trauma care. See Iowa Code 147A.21
 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.
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