The Cost and Effectiveness of EMS Regionalization
Author : Michael Wayne Hubble
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Charlotte Metropolitan Area (N.C.)
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Author : Michael Wayne Hubble
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Charlotte Metropolitan Area (N.C.)
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Author : Steven A. Finkler
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Regional medical programs
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 15,69 MB
Release : 2007-06-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309101743
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nation's emergency and trauma care system, providing response and medical transport to millions of sick and injured Americans each year. At its best, EMS is a crucial link to survival in the chain of care, but within the last several years, complex problems facing the emergency care system have emerged. Press coverage has highlighted instances of slow EMS response times, ambulance diversions, trauma center closures, and ground and air medical crashes. This heightened public awareness of problems that have been building over time has underscored the need for a review of the U.S. emergency care system. Emergency Medical Services provides the first comprehensive study on this topic. This new book examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an in-depth analysis of the current organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems. By addressing its strengths, limitations, and future challenges this book draws upon a range of concerns: • The evolving role of EMS as an integral component of the overall health care system. • EMS system planning, preparedness, and coordination at the federal, state, and local levels. • EMS funding and infrastructure investments. • EMS workforce trends and professional education. • EMS research priorities and funding. Emergency Medical Services is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.
Author : United States. Health Resources Administration
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Page : 202 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Health planning
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 19??
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Author : Jeffrey S. Dielman
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1983
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309151511
During medical emergencies, hospital staff and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, can face barriers in delivering the fastest and best possible care. Overcrowded emergency rooms cannot care for patients as quickly as necessary, and some may divert ambulances and turn away new patients outright. In many states, ambulance staff lacks the means to determine which hospitals can provide the best care to a patient. Given this absence of knowledge, they bring patients to the closest hospital. In addition, because emergency service providers from different companies compete with each other for patients, and emergency care legislation varies from state to state, it is difficult to establish the necessary local, interstate, and national communication and collaboration to create a more efficient system. In 2006, the IOM recommended that the federal government implement a regionalized emergency care system to improve cooperation and overcome these challenges. In a regionalized system, local hospitals and EMS providers would coordinate their efforts so that patients would be brought to hospitals based on the hospitals' capacity and expertise to best meet patients' needs. In September 2009, three years after making these recommendations, the IOM held a workshop sponsored by the federal Emergency Care Coordination Center to assess the nation's progress toward regionalizing emergency care. The workshop brought together policymakers and stakeholders, including nurses, EMS personnel, hospital administrators, and others involved in emergency care. Participants identified successes and shortcomings in previous regionalization efforts; examined the many factors involved in successfully implementing regionalization; and discussed future challenges to regionalizing emergency care. This document summarizes the workshop.
Author : Jennifer L. Wiler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 131662563X
This text analyses how acute and emergency care can be more efficient, featuring twenty case studies of successful innovations.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Emergency medical services
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