POLARIS User Training Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System

1985 AIS Data Collection Timeline 2003 Utah Commits to NEMSIS Sept POLARIS Live Jul 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 minutesNew: 15 minutes Paper 10 min Agency System 10 min AIS & Billing 10 min Online 15 min Legal Record Thorough & Accurate Accessible

Patient Care Stakeholders

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?

POLARIS (Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System)

System Architecture

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)

System Access

Support  Web sites: –POLARIS: health.utah.gov/ems/data –NEMSIS:  Contacts: –Help: –24x7 on-call: –Joshua Legler, ,