National EMS Quality Alliance

This presentation had a lot of NEMSQA mentions! Thank you Peter Geissert and also Marshall Washick and Nicolas Foss for your leadership in bringing together the community of R users in EMS! Want to learn about joining us e-mail [email protected].

If you missed the Airway Management Collaborative webinar information session last week, you can find the recording on our website. https://www.nemsqa.org/
Thank you to the amazing Prodigy EMS team for the quick editing!

Learn about the Airway Management Collaborative with Jeffrey L. Jarvis and Mike Taigmann tomorrow June 6, 10-11 CT. Register: https://prodigyems.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlceqqqjkvGdJ8gWxcNrc0R_XUS3Mlw8ox #/registration

Thank you to the entire EMS community for your service and commitment to the health and safety of your communities.
We are especially grateful to our EMS agency members and their commitment to pursue measurable improvement in patient care and outcomes and provider safety.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Camas-Washougal Fire Department Cooper Landing Emergency Services EMSA OKLAHOMA Harris County ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare Eugene Springfield Fire Grand County Emergency Medical Services Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. Houston Fire Department Lexington Fire Department McGregor Memorial EMS MedStar Ambulance MedStar Mobile Healthcare Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) Mercy Flights Inc Mohawk Ambulance Service Monongalia EMS Mountainside Rescue Squad North Collier Fire Rescue District Northern Onondaga Volunteer Ambulance (N.O.V.A.) The Richmond Ambulance Authority RWJBH Mobile Health - EMS Sun City Fire and Medical Department Unified Fire Authority University Hospital EMS, Newark N.J. UT Health San Antonio Virtua M.O.R.E. Washington Township Fire Department-Dublin OH Western Berks Ambulance Association Wilton Emergency Squad, Inc.

Join us https://nemsqa.memberclicks.net/nemsqa-membership-application #!/

Improve safety and effectiveness of prehospital airway management. The sequel to the Lights & Siren Collaborative, the Airway Collaborative, application is open! https://nemsqa.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mcform&view=ngforms&id=2196910

Join us Thursday June 6 at 10:00 am CT for an informational webinar. Register at: https://prodigyems.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlceqqqjkvGdJ8gWxcNrc0R_XUS3Mlw8ox #/registration

https://www.nemsqa.org/airway-collaborative

Thank you to all EMS clinicians from the children on EMS for Children Day!
EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center
Disclaimer: Views & opinions expressed on EMS are those of the authors and we hope you enjoy a window into their minds!

Took the words out of our mouth (or fingers). We will add the link to the L&S Collaborative change package to help you get started on the path to improvement! https://www.nemsqa.org/lights-siren-collaborative

How can you improve the safe use of lights and sirens in ? Join experts Jeffrey L. Jarvis, Mike Taigman, and Brian Maloney for an essential discussion on enhancing safety protocols. Thanks to National EMS Quality Alliance for this partnership.

For Tuesday's theme of Safety Day, gain insights and earn free CE with this critical course.

Course link: https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/E67024B7-64C0-429B-92D4-9A32F23EB056?tab=overview

Measurable quality in EMS is what we do every day. This EMS week, "Honoring our Past. Forging our Future," seems the appropriate time to get reacquainted with "Quality in EMS: Past, Present and Future."
Shout out to co-authors and NEMSQA leaders Michael Redlener and Maia Dorsett.
Thank you to our partners FirstWatch ESO ZOLL Data Systems ImageTrend and biospatial who support NEMSQA and forging the future of EMS quality.

Quality in EMS: Past, Present and Future - JEMS: EMS, Emergency Medical Services - Training, Paramedic, EMT News Quality should be pervasive and accessible to every EMS system, and a culture of improvement synonymous with the culture of EMS.

On EMS Education Day, we highlight the NEMSQA measure webinar series with Prodigy EMS. More in the works, but if you missed the live sessions, you can find the recordings on prior offerings on Prodigy.

Prodigy

We are doing measure maintenance and need feedback from the EMS community who are actively implementing the NEMSQA measures. Submit questions, recommendations, suggestions at https://nemsqa.org/contact-us. *Emphasis on airway measures which are up first for review.*

No data hoarding. Don't collect data for the sake of collecting data. Put that data to use with NEMSQA measures! ImageTrend https://nemsqa.org/nemsqa-measures

We forgot one! Happening today!
This month's Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA Journal Club to discuss the recent publication, A National Assessment of EMS Performance at the Response and Agency Level. ESO Limmer Education
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6016813297555/WN_MUzpeLINSEGMp-hqNiQ0wg #/registration

Next week, join NAEMSP and Prodigy EMS for Part 2 of The Essential Role of EMS in Addiction Medicine. You'll hear from Drs. Jose Cabañas and Melody Glenn about opportunities to save lives and improve outcomes for patients who use drugs.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4aHoDJM

Get your learn on next week with these NEMSQA member/partner events.
Check out our events calendar for the latest. https://nemsqa.memberclicks.net
April 10: The Essential Role of EMS in Addiction Medicine: Part 2
Prodigy EMS National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
https://prodigyems.zoom.us/webinar/register/9217117353653/WN_upb4CkA9St2R7h-La53grg #/registration
April 11: A Minimalist Guide to Quality Improvement: Utilizing Data to Drive Progress
ImageTrend
https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby30.jsp&eventid=4529461&sessionid=1&format=fhvideo1&key=E2DD095380AAECA1EB0B01CB65AC31EE&eventuserid=674804569
April 11: How to Tell Your Story—To Ask for Money for Your EMS Agency
AIMHI Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration featuring 2 NEMSQA Agency Members MedStar Mobile Healthcare & The Richmond Ambulance Authority
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a2gVuBppSqOSHakTLHo29g #/registration

A Minimalist Guide to Quality Improvement: Utilizing Data to Drive Progress Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM Central Daylight Time.

We launched the Measure Analysis & Research Committee led by Maia Dorsett & Washick and we are excited to learn from this public training from NEMSIS(National EMS Information System) starting in about 20 min! https://utah-health.zoom.us/j/8085088855

Looking forward to this important topic.
EMS Harm Reduction and SUD Treatment Webinar today 3/22 at 1:00 pm CT.

EMS Harm Reduction and SUD Treatment EMS Harm Reduction and SUD Treatment Register In our upcoming EMS Focus webinar, we will explore the integration of harm reduction and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment, highlighting the role of EMS care in addressing these crucial health challenges. Our panelists will shed light on recent rese...

NEMSQA is pleased to announce the addition of ImageTrend as a new Platinum corporate partner.
https://nemsqa.org/imagetrend-joins-nemsqa

If you missed any of our webinar series with Prodigy EMS
recordings are available with free CE.
Improving Safe Use of Lights & Sirens in EMS: https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/E67024B7-64C0-429B-92D4-9A32F23EB056?tab=overview
Addressing Quality Gaps: Pain Management in EMS
https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/257E1A02-9BA8-4939-8835-087D31ACD5C4?tab=overview
Enhancing Safety of Pediatric Patient Transport: https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/55425D93-4220-4838-9A8D-044372CE4C7D?tab=overview
2023 National EMS Quality Alliance Measure Set: Tools for EMS to Operationalize Evidence Based Care: https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/B85A5A49-8495-4A62-86F1-4C3A51354D5E?tab=overview

Prodigy

If you missed Remle Crowe on Inside EMS LIVE, highly recommend!
Quality Management Program-a place for QA & QI
Find mentors-mention to Mike Taigman & David M Williams, PhD

Quality improvement science resources: https://pll.harvard.edu/course/ph556x-practical-improvement-science-health-care-roadmap-getting-results
https://amazon.com/Improvement-Guide-Practical-Organizational-Performance/dp/0470192410
https://naemsp.org/quality-improvement-safety-course/

Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results | Harvard University Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

Great work Michael Redlener Jeffrey L. Jarvis Remle Crowe.
Starting point for understanding variability to target meaningful improvement! Let's go!
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2017.1380094
National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)

NEMSQA is pleased to announce our newest Bronze corporate partner, biospatial!
Learn more: www.nemsqa.org

If you missed the NEMSIS(National EMS Information System) public training, a National Database Outcomes Challenge and invitation was offered. recording at https://youtu.be/6pga7t594Lc?list=PL52Yf_RYpVDYHweVS9L7PhqO9er7gXaXM

More outcome data = meaningful outcome measures. May seem pie in the sky sometimes but there is only one way to eat an elephant (or pie): a bite at a time!
NEMSIS(National EMS Information System)

Join Remle P. Crowe, Ph.D., NREMT, and Jamie Kennel, Ph.D., MAS, for their National EMS Quality Alliance webinar, Defining and Addressing Quality Gaps: Pain Management in EMS on January 30 at 1:00 pm CT. Register today to save your spot! https://bit.ly/3Uas7PD

Attending the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Annual Meeting? Catch NEMSQA President Dr. Michael Redlener Thursday Jan 11th 3:45 PM – 4:05 PM for Measuring What Matters: The National EMS Quality and the Quest for Improvement in National EMS Quality Alliance

If you try to improve 22 measures at once, you'll improve nothing. Great discussion on today's NEMSQA Member Networking on how to prioritize. Jeffrey L. Jarvis MedStar EMS Michael Redlener Brad Cramer U.S. Fire Administration

As 2023 comes to a close, the Prodigy team would like to express gratitude to our educational partners who help us create quality .

Recently added to the Prodigy catalog:

“Precious Cargo: Enhancing Safety of Pediatric Patient Transport”
Speakers: Kathleen Adelgais & Brooke Burton

Earn one hour of FREE CE for this course!

Another in the National EMS Quality Alliance webinar series "Tools for EMS to Operationalize Evidence-Based Care” where Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH/MSPH discusses a new NEMSQA measure. She sheds light on why it's so important to ensure the proper restraint of patients and how to effectively measure this critical safety practice.

Ask us how we can assist your organization by visiting https://www.prodigyems.com or emailing [email protected]

NEMSQA Member Neil Thorn of RWJBarnabas Health talking about improvement opportunities in EMS data interoperability at the 2023 EMS Data Summit 2.0 in DC! NEMSIS(National EMS Information System)