Technical assistance, data collection, evaluation
HRS §321-230
in effect321-230. Technical assistance, data collection, evaluation
(a) The department may contract for technical assistance and consultation, including categorization, data collection, and evaluation appropriate to the needs of the statewide emergency medical services system. The collection and analysis of statewide emergency medical services data, including pediatrics, trauma, cardiac, medical, and behavioral medical emergencies, shall be for the purpose of improving the quality of services provided.
The department may implement and maintain a
trauma registry for the collection of information concerning the treatment of
critical trauma patients at state designated trauma centers, and carry out a
system for the management of that information. The system may provide for the
recording of information concerning treatment received before and after a
trauma patient's admission to a hospital or medical center. All state
designated trauma centers shall submit to the department periodic reports of
each patient treated for trauma in the state system in the manner as the
department shall specify.
For the purposes of this subsection,
"categorization" means systematic identification of the readiness and
capabilities of hospitals and their staffs to adequately, expeditiously, and
efficiently receive and treat emergency patients.
(b) The department shall establish,
administer, and maintain an aeromedical emergency medical services system
designed to collect and analyze data to measure the efficiency and
effectiveness of each phase of the statewide emergency aeromedical program.
The department shall monitor aeromedical
emergency ambulance service flights statewide to include date of service,
patient demographics, transport diagnosis, and medical outcomes. The
department shall work with each health care facility as the intermediary to
arrange emergency transport of bariatric patients by the United States Coast
Guard, and maintain a registry of all emergency transports provided by the
United States Coast Guard. All statewide aeromedical providers shall submit
their data to the department as specified and requested by the department.
The statewide aeromedical emergency medical
services system shall serve the emergency health needs of the people of the
State by identifying:
(1) The system's strengths and weaknesses;
(2) The allocation of resources; and
(3) The development of rotary-wing emergency
aeromedical services standards;
provided that emergency helicopter use, including
triage protocols, shall be based on national aeromedical triage and transport
guidelines established by the Association of Air Medical Services, the American
College of Surgeons, the National Association of Emergency Medical Service
Physicians, or other department-approved national aeromedical accreditation
agency. The department, in the implementation of this subsection, shall plan,
coordinate, and provide assistance to all entities and agencies, public and
private, involved in the statewide system.
(c) The department shall use an emergency
aeromedical services quality improvement committee comprised of representatives
of trauma, emergency, and tertiary care physicians and providers to analyze
information collected from the aeromedical quality improvement performance
measures as established by the American College of Surgeons, and to recommend
system standards and resources to maintain and improve the Hawaii emergency
aeromedical services system.
[L 1978, c 148, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 285, §4; am
L 1981, c 93, §6; am L 1994, c 242, §5; am L 2002, c 150, §1; am L Sp 2003, c
2, §4; am L 2021, c 208, §14]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0321/HRS_0321-0230.htmFetched: 11/10/2026