Section 163-22-1 - Definitions1. "National data elements" means the specific EMS data elements defined by the national emergency medical services information system (NEMSIS).2. "National emergency medical services information system (NEMSIS)" means the national EMS electronic database, as developed, and published by USDOT, NHTSA.3. "Maine EMS patient care reporting System" means the Maine EMS electronic database, that meets the requirements of NEMSIS, provided by Maine EMS to all EMS agencies and EMS clinicians to record EMS incidents.4. "Receiving Facility" means the hospital or any other facility the patient was transported to.5. "Health Info Net (HIN)" means the independent, nonprofit information services organization that manages the statewide health information exchange (HIE) in Maine.6. "Health Information Exchange (HIE)" is the statewide HIE designed to link an individual's clinical information from unaffiliated healthcare sites to create a single electronic health record, allowing authorized providers across the state to better support and coordinate patient care.16-163 C.M.R. ch. 22, § 1