PITTSBURGH, May 13, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- A collaboration between private and public
entities was announced today at the National Association of State
EMS Officials annual conference that will help reduce deaths and
serious injuries as well as prevent transportation-related motor
vehicle crashes (MVC) on the nation's highway system. Motor Vehicle
Crash Incident Visualization will grant highway traffic safety
officers the use of near-real time dashboards to identify high risk
areas and trends in behavioral incidents. The MVC Incident
Visualization software, developed by Lakeville-based ImageTrend, is a collaborative
initiative with The United States
Department of Transportation (DOT), The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The National Emergency
Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS). The initiative
supports the objectives of the USDOT's National Roadway Safety
Strategy, specifically to create safer roads, safer speeds and
enhance post-crash care.
"This is a win-win for all parties
involved," said Joe Graw, ImageTrend
Chief Growth Officer.
Purpose
The purpose of the partnership is to provide near real-time
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) data that meets the requirements of
state, territorial and federal agencies, empowering them with
easily accessible insights to optimize the safety of the nation's
roadway network and its users.
Why is this important?
EMS responds to more than 1.4M
motor vehicle crash-related injuries annually. Federal and state
entities rely on motor vehicle crash incident data to identify
areas for improvement within their communities and along the
roadway systems, which they use to request funding to impact
overall public safety. Often agencies manually collect data, making
it challenging to analyze and garner insights. MVC Incident
Visualization will offer a systemic approach with near real-time
data, giving users the ability to swiftly identify areas of safety
vulnerabilities. Analyzing motor vehicle crashes, understanding why
they happen, and what can be done to prevent them from happening is
the intelligence gained. Working together, we will help all parties
involved use the dashboards to look at MVC insights from a
predictive perspective. In short, the MVC Incident Visualization
dashboard insights system is an industry gamechanger.
Some of the core features of MVC Incident Visualization are:
- Nationwide aggregation of MVC incidents.
- Near real-time, configurable analytics.
- Dashboards to filter incidents in multiple ways, for example by
geographic area, type of fatality/injury, gender, race, involvement
or use of drugs or alcohol, vehicle type, road type and much
more.
- Ability to analyze patient outcomes across the continuum of
care.
- Public display of motor vehicle crash analytics.
"We must strive for zero roadway fatalities and severe injuries
– no other number is acceptable," said U.S. Secretary of
Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
"This is a win-win for all parties involved," said Joe Graw, ImageTrend Chief Growth Officer. "One
of the biggest challenges we hear from our customers is the ability
to provide timely data and insights to key stakeholders to
demonstrate the need for additional resources and funding to keep
our communities and roads safe. This initiative delivers a solution
to directly address that problem."
States interested in learning more may reach out to NEMSIS.
About NEMSIS
The National Emergency Medical Services Information System
(NEMSIS) is a national effort to standardize data collected by
emergency medical services agencies. The system is used to collect,
store, and share EMS data from all 50 states, three territories,
tribal nations, and the District of Columbia. NEMSIS develops
and maintains a national standard for how patient care information
resulting from over 54 million prehospital EMS activations is
documented. This information is voluntarily submitted to the
National EMS Data Repository at NEMSIS by State and Territory EMS
Officials.
The NEMSIS uniform dataset and database help local, state, and
national EMS stakeholders more accurately assess EMS needs and
performance, as well as support better strategic planning for the
EMS systems of tomorrow. Data from NEMSIS is also used to help
benchmark performance, determine the effectiveness of clinical
interventions, and facilitate cost-benefit analyses.
About ImageTrend, LLC.
ImageTrend, LLC. software empowers first responders to transform
delivery of care to foster safer and healthier communities. With
3,500+ customers, including 20,000+ Fire and EMS agencies, the
company provides configurable software solutions, data analytics
and world-class services for emergency medical services, fire
departments, hospitals, community paramedicine and critical care
professionals to enable patient-centric healthcare interoperability
and public safety. The company's commitment to data insights,
innovations, customer satisfaction and configurable implementations
is unparalleled. ImageTrend is headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota, www.imagetrend.com.
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