Quality assurance and continuous quality improvement within air transport programs

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 104-107

  Balazs, Kendra T ^a,c   Thompson, Cheryl Bagley ^b  

^a Air Evac Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c c/o Samaritan AirEvac ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air medical transport; Continuous quality improvement; Quality assurance; Quality assurance indicators; Survey

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030187951     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(96)90034-6     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. AAMS Quality Assurance Committee. AAMS resource document for air medical quality assurance programs. J Air Med Transport 1990;August:23-6.
2. AAMS Quality Assurance/Standards Committee and NFNA Special Interest Group. Pediatric, neonatal, and maternal patient care addendum to the AAMS/NFNA resource document for air medical quality assurance programs. J Air Med Transport 1991;October:51-6.
3. Eastes L, Jacobson J, et al. Quality assurance in air medical transport. 1st ed. Orem, Utah: WordPerfect Publishing, 1990.
4. 1994 Annual transport statistics and transport fees survey. Air Med J 1994;13:6-10.
5. Travers D, Benson N. The status of air medical quality assurance. J Air Med Transport 1990;September:6-10.