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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 6c: Findings, declarations relative to maternal mortality and morbidity.
Section: 26:6c-13: Maternal Data Center.
14. a. The Department of Health shall establish a Maternal Data Center in the Healthcare Quality and Informatics Unit that shall develop protocols and requirements for the submission of maternal mortality, morbidity and racial and ethnic disparity data indicators; collect this information from relevant health care facilities in the State; conduct rapid-cycle data analytics; develop reports and a public facing dashboard; and disseminate the information collected to the NJMCQC, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, participating health care facilities, and other stakeholders as identified by the NJMCQC. Each participating facility shall have full access to data reported to the Maternal Data Center, provided that any data accessible to participating facilities shall be de-identified, and further provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorize the disclosure of any confidential or personal identifying information for any patient.
b. The Maternal Data Center shall employ a director, three research scientists; a technical assistant; and other staff as necessary to implement the requirements pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
L.2019, c.75, s.14.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2019-05-24 13:37:35.
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