ArticleEmergency medicine international2012
Measuring quality in emergency medical services: a review of clinical performance indicators.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
Measuring quality in Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) systems is challenging. This paper reviews the current approaches to measuring quality in health care and EMS with a focus on currently used clinical performance indicators in EMS systems (US and international systems). The different types of performance indicators, the advantages and limitations of each type, and the evidence-based prehospital clinical bundles are discussed. This paper aims at introducing emergency physicians and health care providers to quality initiatives in EMS and serves as a reference for tools that EMS medical directors can use to launch new or modify existing quality control programs in their systems.
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