INSTRUCTIONS
The Regional Trauma and Emergency Health Care System must complete this self assessment with stakeholder participation. This tool is designed to standardize the annual assessment for the regional advisory councils in Texas. The regional trauma, prehospital, perinatal, stroke, cardiac, and emergency healthcare system must continually work to improve the delivery of care and outcomes through partner ships with public, private, and voluntary sectors. The system plan needs to ensure all populations across Texas receive the benefits of a coordinated system of care. The regional system should strive for an inclusive (all healthcare facilities and all prehospital provider participation) system. This includes the integration of the rural and remote healthcare providers.
The region must address all elements of the self-assessment and achieve a minimum score of 3 for each element. If a score of 3 is not achieved, the RAC must develop an action plan to achieve a minimal score of 3 over the next twelve months. A score of 4 demonstrates the region is meeting and exceeding the minimum requirements but can continue to improve. If a score of 5 is reached, the RAC is considered a best-practice model for this element and should consider sharing its practices with other regional, state, and national stakeholders.
Please use the following criteria to assess your region’s progress in system development:
Score | Progress Scoring |
0 | Not Known |
1 | Elements Not Documented |
2 | Elements Documented with On-going Needs (Minimal requirements not met and needs improvement.) |
3 | Basic Regional System in Place (Meets minimal requirements with opportunities for improvement.) |
4 | Advanced Regional System (Meets and exceeds requirements with some opportunities for improvement.) |
5 | Best Practice Regional System (Meets and exceeds the minimum requirements.) |