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Thank you Joshua Legler not only for the mention but also your work to get these measures to the EMS community!
#NEMSQA has published updates to 3 EMS performance measures: Airway-01, -05, and -18. The updates should simplify implementation and also improve capture of records that should meet the criteria.
Hey NY (and surrounding area). Catch some of the NEMSQA crew Michael Redlener Maia Dorsett & Mike Taigman spreading the word on EMS measures and QI at the NYS EMS Vital Signs. The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) QI Workshop at your doorstep and a look at EMS measures beyond response times. https://lnkd.in/ewQBw6PZ
Join us today, Tuesday September 24, 3:00-4:00 pm CT, for our first Virtual Office Hours offering support and guidance on the technical implementation of the NEMSQA measures. With the release of updates to the airway measures last week, today will be the Airway Edition. https://lnkd.in/eHR5hBDE.
Kicking off the EMS Quality Improvement Partnership (EQuIP) Airway Management Collaborative! Thank you to the faculty expert team who helped make this happen! Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD Michael Redlener Mike Taigman Steven Cohen Marianne Gausche-Hill Douglas Kupas, MD, FAEMS, FACEP Arthur Kanowitz, MD FACEP Veer Vithalani Johannes Von Vopelius Feldt Bill Wang Alvin Wang, DO FAAEM FAEMS Wayde Diamond Paul Swinton
Coming up this afternoon at the PA EMS Conference- Jason Drinkwater from NEMSQA agency member and Airway Collaborative Participant TowerDIRECT Tower Health. https://lnkd.in/eTnpmz6g
NEMSIS(National EMS Information System) public training announcement! Great opportunity for NEMSQA measure development committee members to learn about these codes Kelly is always referencing! Who's excited?https://lnkd.in/g6VwaAw6 Meeting ID: 808 508 8855 One tap mobile +12532158782,,8085088855#
"A discussion that focuses solely on the response times, neglects life saving emergency medical care...EMTs, AEMTs and paramedics provide on a daily basis. Sums up the Joint Position Statement on EMS Performance Measures nicely. https://lnkd.in/ekAvYibW #EMSperformancemeasures
EMS/Public Health consultant, Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Former Deputy Secretary of Health, Author, Keynote Speaker, Adjunct Professor, Subject Matter Expert
Very interesting reply letter from AMR to the Buffalo Common Council when asked about EMS response times. #EMS #ambulance #performancemeasures https://lnkd.in/dS6P_vWg
NEMSQA, Model for Improvement, airway, Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD, William "Buck" Gleason, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Prodigy EMS. Is anyone surprised? Join us and Prodigy tomorrow August 27. Register at https://lnkd.in/eFU9VtKm
We've heard a lot of great reports out of MI with live updates from Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD. Looking forward to connecting with the teams behind these improvement efforts.
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Day 1 of the Michigan Center for Rural Health EMS Data and Quality summit summarized in a single word: NEMSQA. Go to your ePCR program and run the reports and see what comes up. Are your crews not documenting/doing, or are they putting the information in the narrative and not ticking the checkboxes? These are two different behaviors. A recurring theme from the table conversations is that we must recognize the data collection burden that is placed upon the crews; each new version of NEMSIS adds more fields, and your own Medical Direction/improvement efforts adds to that burden... crews want to take care of their patients, not spend agonizingly long times getting this tidbit and that tidbit... And, you might also find out what Nick Lemcool and Kathryn D. discovered: their "version" of D10 was not recognized by the system; the crews were properly caring for patients, but the database didn't recognize their specific bag volume, so it said the crews were failing the metric. One last comment: Before you jump to "the crews need more training", please go to them and seek to understand first. Understand why they do what they do--what are the friction points and barriers between your ideal state and the current reality? Don't reach for carrots or sticks until you learn what's actually going on. Tomorrow, Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD will tear into this radical idea that we can measure the effectiveness of our system in ways that don't involve looking at how quickly we can get on scene... 😉 Improving EMS comes in some wonderful ways. Improving EMS comes through some wonderful people. #EMS
Field Trip Day to the monthly QA/QI meeting at Mohawk Ambulance Service. Exciting to see how agency members are developing processes to put the NEMSQA measures to work in their QI practice. They are working on trauma. Some takeaways (in no particular order): Automated Reporting: Agencies need access to automated NEMSQA measure reporting. Some are fortunate to have those tools. Without them, manual review of records to produce measure results and manual creation of charts and graphs is a barrier to quality improvement. Documentation: Needs improvement. We need to identify successful strategies to help providers develop this skill. Systems Approach: Whether you are a fellow prehospital provider, hospital provider, long-term care provider, we are all on the same team working toward the same goal- better care for OUR patients. Let's do this together! Thank you Heidi Cordi and team for the invite, insight and your support! And my new Mohawk Ambulance gear!