EMS/Trauma Registry Workgroup

[Guest guest]

EMS/Trauma Registry Team

You are invited to participate on a team related to the Texas EMS/Trauma

Registry. Your insight and collaboration are greatly appreciated as we work

together to ensure that reporting rules, data elements, reports and

functions of the registry represent the EMS providers, hospitals and RACs

throughout the state.

1. How are we going to do this?

E-mail, conference calls, and quarterly meetings (GETAC and related

sub-committees).

I realize that your time is in demand and travel is restrictive, however, I

believe that we can work together by telephone conferences, email/electronic

means, and having meetings scheduled around meetings of GETAC and related

sub-committees.

2. Why do we want you to be involved?

We are taking a proactive stance and as we do this we want to involve those

that represent the system and to work as partners.

3. Who will be on this team? Regional EMS Director representatives, 2; RAC

representatives, 2; Hospital representatives, 2; EMS provider

representatives, 2; Pediatric hospital representative, and BEM

representative.

I will be contacting the appropriate groups for participants during the

upcoming GETAC meetings in November.

4. Goals: Provide a forum that will provide mutual support, collaborative

input and assistance for EMS providers, hospitals, and RACs related to Texas

EMS/Trauma registry issues.

5. Objectives:

1. Collaborate on reporting rules and requirements

2. Collaborate on issues related to providers, i.e., new registry

system, data elements, etc.

3. What you like to see from the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry?

a. Reports (types of reports)

6. The first issue that we will be working on is:

Reporting Rule Requirements - All Emergency Runs

Please contact me if you are interested in participating on the team.

First meeting will be December via e-mail and maybe a follow-up conference

call. Then face to face at the first GETAC meeting of 2002.

I plan to set up a list server for ongoing communication and work.

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.

Sincerely,

Carol , RN,CEN

Program Administrator

EMS/Trauma Registry

Texas Department of Health

Phone # 1/512/458/7266

e-mail: carol.wright@...