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Clinical Performance Measures that Matter —Are You Ready?
Conclusion The future will belong to those who can prove value. The use of a clinical performance dashboard and comparisons to national data will help to ensure that when the payers come knocking on our doors looking for "proof" that what we do enhances patient care and improves patient outcome, we’ll have an answer! This is the first in a yearlong series of articles developed by the Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI).The AIMHI article series is developed in partnership with JEMS to help educate EMS agencies on the hallmarks and attributes of high-performance/high-value EMS system de...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - December 11, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Wayne C. Harbour, NRP Tags: Exclusive Articles Operations Administration and Leadership Source Type: news

Making the Most Out of EMS Performance Measures
Although many agencies have begun measuring performance, few have truly figured out how to use that data to make improvements. They struggle deciding which measures matter, interpreting the numbers and figuring out ways to improve. The process can at times be overwhelming. If you feel that way, the good news is that you're not alone. There are agencies out there that have used their data to support improvement efforts that are making a difference in patients' lives. Decide What to Measure One of the very first steps is to decide what to measure. It might be that you know there's a specific area of care you'd like to focus ...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - April 28, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matt McQuisten, MBA, NRP Tags: Operations Documentation & Patient Care Reporting Source Type: news