Efficacy of an EMS quality improvement program in improving documentation and performance

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 140-144

  Joyce, Steven M ^a   Dutkowski, Karen L ^b   Hynes, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Salt Lake City Fire Department (SLCFD)   (United States)

Author keywords

documentation; emergency medical services; performance assessment; quality assurance; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTAH;

EID: 0031175287     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958807     Document Type: Article

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