The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Ambulatory care data" means data elements
required by the Department regarding persons treated by hospitals,
free-standing ambulatory surgery centers, or other health care providers, for
less than 24 hours.
"Ambulatory surgery center" means a
hospital-based or free- standing center providing surgery with patient stays of
less than 24 hours, licensed under 63 O.S. Section 2657 et seq.
"Custom Data Set" means a subset of the Public
Use Data File developed by the Department on special request.
"Custom report" means a compilation or study
developed by the Department on special request.
"Data element" means the specific information
collected and recorded for the purpose of health care and health care service
delivery. Data elements include information to identify the individual, the
health care provider, the data supplier, the services provided, charges for
service, payor source, medical diagnosis, medical treatment and other data as
requested.
"Data file" means an electronic file containing
data elements.
"Data submission manual" means a manual
developed by the Department containing data elements required to be submitted
by information providers.
"Data use agreement" means a document that must
be submitted in order to obtain the public use data file or any anonymous
patient- level data. The document assures the Department that the user will not
attempt to identify or contact any person included in the data set.
"Department" means the Oklahoma State Department
of Health.
"Direct Patient Identifiers" Data elements that
directly identify a patient (e.g. name, SSN, etc).
"Division" means the Health Care Information
Division of the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"Facility" means hospital or ambulatory surgery
center.
"Health care information system" means the
system for receipt, collection, analysis, evaluation, processing, utilization
and dissemination of health care data established and maintained by the Health
Care Information Division pursuant to the Oklahoma Health Care Information
System Act.
"Health care provider" means hospitals, nursing
facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, and any other health care provider
licensed or certified by the Department or any other state agency; doctors as
defined in Section
725.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; or physical therapists, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses and
home health care providers licensed pursuant to the laws of this state.
"Hospital" means a hospital licensed under 63
O.S. Section 1-704.
"Hospital discharge data" means data elements
required by the Department regarding persons admitted to and discharged from a
hospital.
"Identifying information" means information that
could uniquely identify an individual.
"Information provider" means all health care
providers and the third-party payor or public-supported provider as defined in
Section 1-116 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
"Public use data file" means an electronic file
for public use containing data elements from the hospital discharge or
ambulatory surgery data file that do not directly or indirectly identify an
individual or physician.
"Standard information provider report" means a
compilation of data submitted by an information provider that is generated by
the Division for the information provider.
"Standard report" means a compilation or study
developed to display information on selected topics, published
periodically.
"Third-party payor" means any entity, other than
a purchaser, which is responsible for payment either to the purchaser or the
health care provider for health care services rendered by the health care
provider.
