As a trauma registrar working in an emergency department, you want to begin comparing your trauma care services to other hospital-based emergency departments. To ensure that your facility is collecting the same data as other facilities, you review elements from which data set?

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DEEDS (Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems) is a standardized data set that includes data elements for the management of emergency care patients. It is used specifically for the collection and management of data in emergency departments, making it the best choice for comparing trauma care services to other hospital-based emergency departments. UHDDS (Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set) is a standardized data set for inpatient hospitalization, MDS (Minimum Data Set) is used for long-term care facilities, and ORYX is a JCAHO performance measurement system.

As a Trauma Registrar Working in an Emergency Department, You