Piney Woods Regional Advisory Council TSA-G

DSHS Pediatric Transport Survey

COVID Data Reporting Requirements

DSHS

*NOTE* Psychological and Rehabilitation Facilities to report starting on October 18, 2023, to be compliant for the year 2023-2024. In order for Psych/Rehab to receive credit they must report once annually, on a Wednesday.

Please find the current COVID hospital reporting requirements attached. Psychological and Rehabilitation facility guidance can be found on page 50.

FAQ COVID 19 Reporting COVID 19 Data Dictionary

Upcoming RAC-G Meetings

All meeting minutes and agendas are attached to the RAC-G Meetings Link & Calendar Link above.

Committee Primary Week is the deadline for committees to meet. If needed, the RAC office will assist in setting up your virtual meetings. Committees may meet anytime after the previous General Assembly; however, the deadline is the last day of the Primary week to ensure your minutes are in the RAC office before the Board meetings.

Reminder - Committees must have a minimum of three meetings per fiscal year.

Committee Primary Week

Sep 26-29, 2023

Virtual/In Person
Q1

Dec 25-29, 2023

Virtual/In Person
Q2

Mar 18-22, 2024

Virtual/In Person
Q3

Jun 24-28, 2024

Virtual/In Person
Q4

Board of Directors

Oct 10, 2023

UT Health Pavillion Room 2 @ 2 p.m.
Q1

Jan 9, 2024

In Person
Q2

CANCELLED/TBD

In Person
Q3

Jul 9, 2024

In Person
Q4

General Assembly

Nov 7, 2023

UT Health Pavillion

Jan 23, 2024

UT Health North Campus

Apr 23, 2024

UT Health North Campus

Jul 23, 2024

UT Health North Campus

Upcoming GETAC Meetings
Austin, TX.
More GETAC Info HERE

Q3 2023

August 16-18, 2023

Q4 2023

November 18-20, 2023

WebEOC

Critical Incident Management System

EM Resource

Healthcare Resource Data Management System

Mass Notification

Alert Media Notification System

TETAF Stroke Survey Process and Stroke Rule

TETAF staff and surveyors are in the process of revising our stroke survey process to align with the new rule TAC 157.133.

Revisions to the new the rule go into effect September 1, 2022 and will change the current Level III Stroke Support Hospital to the Level IV Acute Stroke Ready hospital.
In alignment with the rule revision, TETAF is enhancing its stroke survey service line based on the 2020 Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) approved Stroke Committee recommendations endorsing the utilization of the Brain Attack Coalition Guidelines. TETAF has a team of experienced stroke surveyors who provide survey verification services for 19 rural Texas hospitals that have sought out and worked to achieve the Level III designation as stroke centers. Stroke Level IIIs will be renamed Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals.

TETAF will provide verification surveys for hospitals seeking Acute Stroke Ready stroke designation. Although available for urban areas, TETAF ensures the verification and designation process is available for smaller, rural hospitals in Texas.

About Us

Our service area includes the counties of Marion, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby, Trinity, Gregg, Upshur, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Rains, Van Zandt, Anderson, Henderson, Smith, Wood and Camp.

RAC-G) operates as a not-for-profit entity to serve as a link between area hospitals, pre hospital providers and local, state and federal agencies in matters of trauma, healthcare and disaster preparedness and response.

RAC-G is here to serve our East Texas region in the following areas:

Injury Prevention Programs
Providing regional equipment and training opportunities upon requests and approval
Mass Communication Systems such as IRIS, EMResource, WebEOC, Staffing Notifications, Disaster Alerts
Offering Educational Opportunities both Clinical and Public with CEUs available
Coordination of disaster resources through Emergency Medical Task Force-Region 4, both within our region and for state deployment
Stroke and STEMI Registry development, collection and reporting
Develop and maintain the Regional System Trauma Plan (Trauma/EMS/Acute Care/Hospital Plan, known to us as the TEACH PLAN)

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EMTF 4

Emergency Medical Task Force Region 4

The Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (TX EMTF) is a series of components that are capable of activating resources on behalf of Texas on a state mission that provides a custom, scalable approach to medical disaster response. The key to the program is the ability to activate our members from EMS & fire departments, public and private healthcare organizations, regional coalitions, & state and local government who provide personnel & assets that activate during disasters.

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