Hospital Classification
January 23, 2006 1:07pm
Author: Michelle Ziemba
Trauma Care Facility Classification/Designation of Wisconsin Hospitals
A comprehensive trauma care system includes ensuring the right patient is taken to the right hospital in the right amount of time to give them the greatest chance of survival. It is the goal of the statewide trauma care system to integrate all hospital facilities into an inclusive network in order to provide definitive care to all injured patients in Wisconsin. Wisconsin promotes an inclusive trauma care system by the concept that every hospital has a designated role in the trauma system and will be able to provide or facilitate the delivery of optimal care necessary to the traumatically injured patient. According to Wisconsin Statute 146.56 and Wisconsin Administrative Rule HFS 118, all hospitals shall declare their current trauma care capabilities to the Department of Health and Family Services within 180 days of the effective date of the rule, which is January 1, 2005. The identification of trauma care facilities will occur through the state designation/classification process.
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