Evaluation of the Kansas HealthWave Program, Trauma Plan and Registry development, a HRSA Grant funded to address Critical Data Needs for Kansas and plans for Worker's Compensation data collection are initiatives to which the Governing Board lends its support. These initiatives solidify Kansas' commitment to sound, cost effective and available health information. The Health Care Database contains data from eight credentialing boards with forty-four health care occupational groups represented in the database. It also contains hospital discharge data at both summary and record level. Minimum Data Set data have been requested for addition to the database.
Work continues to begin the process of data collection for the state trauma registry.
The Internet is used to improve accessibility to Governing Board publications. This has proven effective in disseminating information on Governing Board activities. In 2000, over 37,000 successful requests from the Governing Board's website were logged. The distribution of data requesters has changed over the years the Health Care Database has been in operation. Other data requests were from miscellaneous sources including students, the public, local health departments, city county government, federal agencies, other state agencies and hospitals.