Quality assurance in the teaching hospital
Greene, C.S.
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 10(3): 611-625
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0733-8627 PMID: 1628564 Document Number: 397444
The approach emergency medical service (EMS) systems take to quality assurance and quality improvement is evolving rapidly. Methods of quality assurance that have been applied to the prehospital care environment are reviewed. Impediments to effective quality assurance strategies are discussed and an overview of the scope of the activities and resources necessary to perform this task is presented. The potential efficacy and limitations of quality improvement in EMS are also discussed.