Utah Code Title 53. Public Safety Code § 53-2d-902. Statewide cardiac registry

(a) analyze information on the incidence, severity, causes, outcomes, and rehabilitation of cardiac diseases;

(b) promote optimal care for cardiac patients;

(c) alleviate unnecessary death and disability from cardiac diseases;

(d) encourage the efficient and effective continuum of patient care, including prevention, prehospital care, hospital care, and rehabilitative care; and

(e) minimize the overall cost of cardiac care.

(a) the effectiveness of the data collected by the registry; and

(b) the impact of the statewide cardiac registry on the provision of cardiac care.

(3)(a) The bureau shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:

(b) The data elements described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall include consensus metrics consistent with data elements used in nationally recognized data set platforms for cardiac care.

(c) The bureau shall permit a general acute hospital to submit data required under this section through an electronic exchange of clinical health information that meets the standards established by the department under Section 26B-8-411.