The National Quality Forum has endorsed a framework for measuring and evaluating regionalized emergency medical care systems.
The concept of regionalization has been identified as a means of improving emergency medical care through more efficient resource use. As these emergency care systems continue to expand in breadth and scope, the systems must ensure they are using resources efficiently to maximize patient outcomes and ultimately improve care quality.
The framework establishes a road map for systematically regionalizing emergency care services at the national, state and regional level. The measurement framework, developed in collaboration with the University of North Carolina, includes several core components, including key terms and definitions related to regionalized systems and a description of an Episodes of Care model used for systems evaluation.
The framework also offers a set of six key domains considered critical for evaluating these care settings and a set of principles intended to guide the measurement framework's development and implementation.
The concept of regionalization has been identified as a means of improving emergency medical care through more efficient resource use. As these emergency care systems continue to expand in breadth and scope, the systems must ensure they are using resources efficiently to maximize patient outcomes and ultimately improve care quality.
The framework establishes a road map for systematically regionalizing emergency care services at the national, state and regional level. The measurement framework, developed in collaboration with the University of North Carolina, includes several core components, including key terms and definitions related to regionalized systems and a description of an Episodes of Care model used for systems evaluation.
The framework also offers a set of six key domains considered critical for evaluating these care settings and a set of principles intended to guide the measurement framework's development and implementation.
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