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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 10129
Database ID: 2516
Record Series Title: Hospital and Facility Discharge Data
Record Series Abstract: Including But Not Limited to The hospital and facility discharge data system (HDDS) collects and summarizes hospital and facility claims data so that charges for similar types of services may be analyzed and compared in order to help promote a more price competitive environment in the medical marketplace. This data also provides useful information for assessing the health status of Tennesseans. Patient Charges, Average length Of Stay.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Calendar Year
If Other, Explain:
Total Retention: 0 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Permanent
Disposition Notes: Records are generated and stored in electronic format. Records are kept permanently in agency. Records are electronic and are stored on the State network at the Data Center along with HDDS, ASTC, AND ODC Data Systems
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2714
Record Location: DATA CENTER SOUTH, SMYRNA, TN
File Arrangement: Date, alpha, numeric
Media Format Generated: Electronic
Media Format Stored: ELECTRONIC
Date Range: 1996-Current
Annual Accumulation: 13GB
Current Volume: 252GB
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 1
Past Year: 1
2 - 5 Years: 1
Over 5 Years: 1
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, LOCAL PUBLIC FACILITIES
Essential Record: FALSE
Essential Record Stored:
Essential Record Media Type:
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation: TCA 68-1-108, TCA 68-1-119
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: PERMANENT
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Keep as Electronic
Legal Citation: TCA 68-1-108, TCA 68-1-119
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DATA
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: VMware, OIR Data Center File Server currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard server with MS Windows 2003 or greater operating system with 210 gigabytes of available disk space. Database Server Currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard file server with Windows 2003 or greater operating system. Database on DC20SDCWB00001. Recovery requires an encrypted SQL Server 2008 with 35.02 gigabytes of available disk space
Software Description: FILESHARE
System Location: DATA CENTER SOUTH, SMYRNA, TN; Hospital Discharge Data (HDDS),Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center (ASTC), AND Outpatient Diagnostic Centers(ODC) Data Systems.
Backup Procedures: Daily, by OIR, following OIR established policy & procedures. File server and database server backups are performed daily by OIR.
Disaster Recovery: OIR network recovery policy & procedures. Non-critical recovery time. Location: Data Center South RTO:> 2 weeks RPO: 24 hours OIR Level: Bronze
Data Migration Description: DATA MIGRATION TYPICALLY OCCURS EVERY 5-10 YEARS AS ADVANCEMENTS ARE MADE IN TECHNOLOGY.
Metadata Description: Name, date of event, filename, format, creation time and date, author
Contact Information
Contact Name: Lois Holt-Cooper
Job Title: Department Records Officer
Address 1: 710 James Robertson Parkway
Address 2: 6th Floor; Andrew Johnson Tower
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243-1219
Phone: 615-253-4084
Email: Lois.Holt-Cooper@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Health
Agency Head: Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP; Commissioner
Director: Shalini Parekh, MPH; Assistant Commissioner-PHA
Allotment Code: 34320
Status
Action Requested: Revision
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 03-14-2019 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 03-15-2019 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2019-03-18 We have reviewed RDA 10129 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 04-05-2019 Thank you.
RMD Director Recomendations: 04-23-2019 RDA 10129 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will change from twenty years and destroy to Permanent. The format will be electronic. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 10129.
Signed Form Received: 2019-04-18
PRC Meeting Date: 05-22-2019
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 10129
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
1396 10129 2016-11-03 Approved
2516 10129 2019-05-22 Approved