1. POLARIS User Training Prehospital OnLine Active Reporting Information System

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

3. NEMSIS Standard (National EMS Information 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. 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

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. System Access

17. 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