Frequently Asked Questions PreMIS (Prehospital Medical Information System) North Carolina EMS Information System What is PreMIS?
PreMIS stands for Prehospital Medical Information System. PreMIS is a prehospital electronic medical records system for North Carolina. It is much more than a database of EMS information. PreMIS is being designed from its very foundation to be a critical link to the future of EMS. The project is being developed through a grant from the Department of Transportation and the Governor s Highway Safety Initiative to the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services. The project has been subcontracted to the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with Greg Mears, MD serving as the Principle Investigator. When completed, PreMIS will provide a method for each EMS provider in North Carolina to enter patient care data into a central database. The primary method of data entry will be through a web browser using the Internet. Systems that do not have Internet access will be provided with a written form, which will allow data entry through a fax/scann
