Data maintained by the Health Facilities & Emergency Medical Services Division are held as confidential in accordance with Colorado statutes, including C.R.S. section 25-3.5-704 and corresponding rules. Code of Colorado Regulations 6 CCR 1015-3 Chapter Three Section 4 states:
"4.1 The data and information provided to the Department in accordance with Section 3.3 of these rules shall be used to conduct continuing quality improvement of the Emergency Medical and Trauma System, pursuant to § 25-3.5-704 (2)(h)(I), C.R.S. Any data provided to the Department that identifies an individual or an individual patient’s, provider’s, or facility’s care outcomes shall be strictly confidential, whether such data are recorded on paper or electronically. The confidentiality protections provided in § 25-3.5-704 (2)(h)(II), C.R.S. apply to these data.
4.2 The Department may establish procedures to allow agencies, institutions, or individuals to obtain information from the EMS data system.
A) The Department shall not release patient care data from the EMS data system that could be reasonably expected to identify individual patients, or care outcomes that, when combined with other data, identifies an individual, provider, agency, or facility, except as provided in Section 4.3.
B) The Department procedures shall address circumstances under which the Department may deny a request for data.
4.3 An agency may retrieve the patient care data that the agency has transmitted to the Department or submitted via the Department’s web-based data entry utility."
All requests for data or products from the Health Facilities & Emergency Medical Services Division that include confidential information require the approval of division management.
Emergency Medical and Trauma Services (EMTS) Data Section
Health Facilities & Emergency Medical Services Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Amber Viitanen
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: 720-633-5653
Fax: 303-691-7720
Amber.Viitanen@state.co.usQuestions about this process may be directed to the Health Facilities & Emergency Medical Services Division using the contact information above. Once reviewed, the requestor will be notified of the decision and next steps.
