How does the Central Registry gather information about people with traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries?
Georgia hospitals are responsible for obtaining information about the injured people they treat. Each quarter, the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) sends the Commission information that it has gathered from the Georgia Discharge Data Set (GDDS). The GDDS* is the program used by Georgias Department of Human Resources – Division of Public Health to collect and report state-mandated data throughout Georgia. It includes data from 100% of Georgia civilian hospitals. For more information about the Georgia Hospital Association, please visit www.gha.org. Does the Central Registry include the name of every person in Georgia who has a traumatic brain or spinal injury? Unfortunately, no. The Commission took over administration of the Registry on July 1, 2004. The Registry was created in 1981 and, over time, Registry administrators, along with patient and other disability advocates, realized that the hospitals were not reporting every case. As a result, many people with traumatic injuries were n
