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POLARIS User Training

POLARIS User Training. Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System. Data Collection Timeline. Jul. 2007 Goal to Complete Transition. 2003 Utah Commits to NEMSIS . Sept. 2006 POLARIS Live. 1985 AIS. NEMSIS Standard. ( N ational EMS I nformation S ystem). NEMSIS “Subsets”.

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POLARIS User Training

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  1. POLARISUser Training Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System

  2. Data Collection Timeline Jul. 2007 Goal to Complete Transition 2003 Utah Commits to NEMSIS Sept. 2006 POLARIS Live 1985 AIS

  3. NEMSIS Standard (National EMSInformation System)

  4. NEMSIS “Subsets”

  5. NEMSIS in Utah • Demographic Elements: Information about the EMS agency and its resources • 72 out of 109 elements • EMS Elements: Information about a unit’s care of a patient during an incident • 196 out of 315 elements • Typical Report: 88 Elements

  6. Old: 30 minutes New: 15 minutes Reporting Process Paper 10 min Online 15 min Legal Record Legal Record Thorough & Accurate Accessible AgencySystem 10 min AIS & Billing 10 min

  7. Patient Care Stakeholders

  8. What Will/ Won’t Change • Will change • Data standard • Software • Won’t change • Calls to report • Time to submit reports How Will Your Agency Do It?

  9. Value and Benefits • Standardization • Accessibility from any computer • PCR Linkage • Universal log-in / Single sign-on • Patient care improvement • Data analysis

  10. Analysis

  11. Do You Make a Difference?

  12. POLARIS (Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System)

  13. System Architecture

  14. POLARIS Roles • Create, view & edit user’s own PCRs: • User • Edit PCRs, edit agency info, turn on additional elements: • Data Manager • View PCRs: • PCR Reviewer (e.g., quality assurance) • Hospital User • Third Party Biller (Can edit billing information on PCRs) • Manage other users’ access: • User Administrator • Hospital User Administrator

  15. Patient Care Reports (PCRs)

  16. Support • Web sites: • POLARIS: health.utah.gov/ems/data • NEMSIS: www.nemsis.org • Contacts: • Help: polaris@utah.gov • 24x7 on-call: 801-419-4469 • Joshua Legler, 801-273-6668, jlegler@utah.gov

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