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Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators
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 pe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/161630 |
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author | El Sayed, Mazen J. |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-31962532011-11-01 Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators El Sayed, Mazen J. Emerg Med Int Review Article 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2011-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3196253/ /pubmed/22046554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/161630 Text en Copyright © 2012 Mazen J. El Sayed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article El Sayed, Mazen J. Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title | Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title_full | Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title_fullStr | Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title_short | Measuring Quality in Emergency Medical Services: A Review of Clinical Performance Indicators |
title_sort | measuring quality in emergency medical services: a review of clinical performance indicators |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/161630 |
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