12 Reasons to Outsource Your EMS QA Program Back in 2005, I had no idea if outsourcing EMS quality improvement was a concept that could work. There were virtually no private companies devoted to performing EMS quality improvement services. I…
Return on Investment on Your EMS Quality Improvement Program Ever try to calculate the return on investment of your EMS CQI program? Pretty tough, right? After all, performing QA/QI/CQI functions is intangible and difficult to quantify, especially in financial terms.…
Without doubt the most difficult part of performing quality improvement in EMS is, often times having the difficult conversation with coworkers regarding their patient care practices. In fact, one of the main reasons clients hire Girard & Associates is to…
In any EMS system there are going to be calls where, even with the best of intentions, patients do not receive the care they require. It happens every day and in every system.
Does your EMS agency allocate a sufficient amount of resources to its quality improvement initiatives?
No matter how diligent, skilled and earnest you are in your job, pretty much everyone dreads a performance review.