Prehospital Data

Announcing two major events!!

EMS Statewide Data Collection for May

The EMS & Trauma Systems Program (EMS/TS) requested information on each Prehospital Care Report for all EMS agencies for the month of May.   We thank you for your data, which we are now analyzing as part of designing a web-based EMS patient encounter data collection system. 

If your agency has not yet submitted data, please do so as follows.

1.  a.  If you use a database which meets the NEMSIS 2.2.1 standard, you may submit an XML export.
    b.  You may submit a spreadsheet containing these datapoints (2008datapoints.xls )
    c.  You may duplicate all of the EMS Patient Care Report forms and mail them to our office.
2. Please identify any costs or barriers associated with complying with this request.   Costs and barriers might include the following:
   a.  Duplication and postage costs.
   b.  Difficulties in preparing a spreadsheet.
   c.  Time involved in preparing the information.
3. If your EMS agency is not able to provide the requested data, please
   a.  Identify the specific reasons that you are not able to provide the requested data. 
   b.  Identify the number of EMS patient encounters during May 2008.

For additional information, contact Will Worrall at 971-673-0536 or william.h.worrall@state.or.us.

Twelve-month Pilot PCR Project

EMS/TS and the Oregon Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) are partnering in a one-year demonstration project to provide an electronic prehospital data collection system to rural EMS agencies.  This project will run through at least June 30, 2009.

Agencies are invited to participate.  It's not too late.

HIPAA concerns?

Click here   (71K) for clarification about HIPAA and the May data collection project or the twelve-month pilot PCR project.

Paper Data Collection

Agencies which are using the paper forms can re-order them here.

• Re-ordering Information & Process
• Re-ordering Form  (30K)

For further information please contact:

Will Worrall
Prehospital Data Systems Coordinator
william.h.worrall@state.or.us
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 465
Portland, OR 97213
971-673-0536