048-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-2 - Trauma System Evaluation
All designated facilities will be required to participate in quality initiatives within these rules.
(a) The following key components shall be
addressed by the quality improvement plan designed by each facility:
(i) Clearly stated goals and
objectives;
(ii) An organizational
structure which facilitates the process of quality improvement;
(iii) The development of standards of
care;
(iv) Established quality
indicators (audit filter);
(v) A
plan to define adverse outcomes by using a code that describes the
complications;
(vi) A systematic
peer review process utilizing a multi disciplinary method and involving
prehospital care providers;
(vii) A
plan to incorporate autopsy information, where available, regarding all trauma
patients; and
(viii) A facility
plan that includes a method for computing survival probability and comparing
patient outcome.
(b) All
designated trauma care services shall:
(i)
Document the trauma care quality assurance program's proceedings, findings,
conclusions, recommendations, the actions taken, and the result of these
actions, demonstrating that relevant findings are used to study and improve
processes that affect trauma patient care;
(ii) Evaluate the results of the trauma
quality assurance program and include them with the hospital's general quality
assurance program; and
(iii)
Participate in the state trauma registry as required by Section
1 of
Chapter 2.
(c) A
standard or protocol adopted or studied by the individual facilities may not be
used by the OEMS to demonstrate negligence by a health care provider or health
care facility to whom the standard or protocol applies.
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