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POLARISUser Training
Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System
1985 AIS
Data Collection Timeline
2003 Utah Commits
to NEMSIS
Sept. 2006
POLARIS Live
Jul. 2007 Goal to
Complete Transition
NEMSIS Standard
(National EMS Information System)
NEMSIS “Subsets”
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
Reporting Process
Old: 30 minutes New: 15 minutes
PCR
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Paper10 min
AgencySystem10 min
AIS & Billing10 min
Online15 minLegal Record
Legal RecordThorough & Accurate
Accessible
Patient Care Stakeholders
POLARIS
EMTs andParamedics
Computer-AidedDispatch (CAD)
AgencyAdministrators
HospitalPersonnel
State EMSOffice
StateEpidemiologist
Federal & StateGovernments
National Repository
Researchers& Analysts
National Elements
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?
Value and Benefits
Standardization Accessibility from any computer PCR Linkage Universal log-in / Single sign-on Patient care improvement Data analysis
Analysis
Do You Make a Difference?
PrehospitalINTEGRATED
INFORMATION
EmergencyDepartment
TraumaRegistry
Certifications& Licenses
Others
Crash dataNational NEMSIS dataInpatient dataWeather dataCensus data
Crash dataNational NEMSIS dataInpatient dataWeather dataCensus data
Computer-AidedDispatch (CAD)
POLARIS
(Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information
System)
System Architecture
Backup / Failover
polaris.utah.gov
DevelopmentProduction:Redundant load-balanced servers
Any Internet-connected computer
Internet
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
Patient Care Reports (PCRs)
Support
Web sites:– POLARIS: health.utah.gov/ems/data– NEMSIS: www.nemsis.org
Contacts:– Help: [email protected]– 24x7 on-call: 801-419-4469– Joshua Legler, 801-273-6668,