180.974 Public Safety Agencies Data Collection Enhancement
MSSNY shall actively collaborate with the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) to develop a listing of necessary data points and variables to be added to the currently available information collection systems, in a mandatory and searchable fashion, to facilitate the required research.
MSSNY shall actively collaborate with the American College of Surgeons to add these variable fields to data collection systems of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP), in a mandatory and searchable fashion, to facilitate the required research.
MSSNY shall lobby the New York State Legislature to mandate the collection of these data and fund the transition to and the ongoing collection of these data.
MSSNY will forward similar resolution(s) to the American Medical Association for consideration at the 2024 AMA House of Delegates. (HOD 2024 – 165)
