Data Use for a Limited Data Set. 6.1 The PHI to be provided by Covered Entity will include the following hospital outcome measures for patients who suffered an out-of -hospital cardiac arrest (“OHCA”) event:
a) Essential Elements
(1) Emergency department outcome; (2)Hospital outcome;
Data Use for a Limited Data Set a. Covered Entity agrees to participate in the CARES surveillance registry described in the cover letter attached to this Agreement, and as a participant, will provide certain PHI regarding OHCA patients to the Business Associate for the purposes described in this Section. The PHI to be provided by Covered Entity will include the following EMS datapoints for patients who suffered an out-of -hospital cardiac arrest (“OHCA”) event:
1) Address of Cardiac Arrest (town/city, State and zip code only);
2) Name, Age, Date of Birth, Gender, Race/Ethnicity of patient;
3) EMS Agency ID;
4) Date of Cardiac Arrest;
5) Call Number (and Booklet Number, where applicable);
6) ID of First Responder(s) Involved in Incident;
7) ID of Destination Hospital;
8) Time Elements Including “Time of First CPR,” “ROSC Time,” “CPR Termination Time,” “Time of First Defibrillation,” approximate times of “EMS Notified,” and “EMS Arrived at Scene;”
9) Location Type;
10) Witnessed Status of Arrest and Whether Arrest was Witnessed Prior to or After the Arrival of EMS;
Data Use for a Limited Data Set a. Covered Entity agrees to participate in the CARES surveillance registry described in the cover letter attached to this Agreement, and as a participant, will provide certain PHI regarding OHCA patients to the Business Associate for the purposes described in this Section. The PHI to be provided by Covered Entity will include the following hospital outcome measures for patients who suffered an out-of -hospital cardiac arrest (“OHCA”) event:
(1) Emergency department outcome;
(2) Hospital outcome;
(3) Disposition from hospital;
(4) Hypothermia treatment if provided; and
(5) Neurological outcome at discharge from hospital.
b. Business Associate will have the right to use and disclose PHI provided to it by the Covered Entity for research, public health or health care operations purposes, as provided in Section 3.a above. The Limited Data Set will be used in connection with the CARES surveillance registry, which is created for the health care operations and public health activity purposes further described in the attached cover letter to this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Limited Data Set will be available to and may be used by Business Associate, Covered Entity and other local emergency medical system administrators, medical directors, and 911 systems personnel, as well as epidemiologist and researchers studying OHCA events in an effort to better understand methods to improve survival from these events. The Limited Data Set also will be provided to the CDC staff in the Chronic Disease Branch on a regular basis.
c. Business Associate will not use or further disclose the information contained in the Limited Data Set other than as permitted by this Agreement or as Required By Law.
d. Business Associate will use appropriate safeguards to prevent the use or disclosure of the information contained in the Limited Data Set other than as permitted in this Agreement.
e. Business Associate will not attempt to identify the Individuals to whom the information contained in the Limited Data Set pertains, or attempt to contact such Individuals.
f. Business Associate will report to Covered Entity any use or disclosure of the information contained in the Limited Data Set not provided for in this Agreement of which Recipient becomes aware. Business Associate will take reasonable steps to limit any further such use or disclosure.
g. Business Associate will ensure that any of its agents or subcontractors to whom it provides the Limited Data Set agrees in writing t...
