Regulation .02 Base Stations in General.

Be a unit of a licensed hospital;

Operate 24 hours a day;

Have communications equipment as required by MIEMSS to provide necessary communications with ambulances and MIEMSS;

In collaboration with MIEMSS, maintain all MIEMSS required communications equipment in working order, including:

Monitor and provide timely responses to MEMRAD;

Provide admission/discharge/transfer messages to MIEMSS through the State-Designated Health Information Exchange;

Develop and implement a process to ensure utilization of State standardized and approved quality improvement/quality review tools and retain reviewed records for 5 years;

Have a designated EMS space with computer, and internet connectivity suitable for EMS provider eMEDS® reporting;

Participate in and provide clinical sites for training EMS personnel under a current memorandum of understanding with one or more EMS academies, educational institutions, or EMS Operational Programs, and maintain documentation of EMS participation;

Receive from the EMS personnel at time of hand off either the completed eMEDS® report on the Hospital Dashboard or MIEMSS standardized and approved short form;

Include in the patient’s hospital medical record the downloaded eMEDS® patient care report forms from the eMEDS® Hospital Dashboard /Hub and, when used, the MIEMSS standardized and approved short forms; and

Develop and implement a process for linking the MIEMSS-approved Prehospital Consultation/Interventions Radio Report Forms to the radio consult and incorporation into the hospital patient medical record.