MO HB2518

Creates an alternative pathway for hospitals to obtain stroke center designation (Levels I, II, or III) through certification by the Joint Commission or other approved certifying organizations, rather than going through the standard department application and site review process

Requires designated STEMI and stroke centers to submit data to the department through direct entry, downloading from national registries, or authorizing national registries to share facility-specific data with the state

Establishes data privacy protections prohibiting disclosure of health care professional names or information that could identify individual patients, and limits data use to evaluation and improvement of emergency care

Mandates quarterly regional and state outcome data reports from trauma, stroke, and STEMI registries for review by the state advisory council on emergency medical services and regional EMS committees

Eliminates the requirement for physicians to file individual traumatic brain and spinal cord injury reports within seven days, instead directing the department to use existing patient abstract data, trauma registry data, and motor vehicle crash data for needs assessment