Defining and measuring successful emergency care networks: a research agenda.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2010
Abstract
The demands on emergency services have grown relentlessly, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has asserted the need for "regionalized, coordinated, and accountable emergency care systems throughout the country." There are large gaps in the evidence base needed to fix the problem of how emergency care is organized and delivered, and science is urgently needed to define and measure success in the emerging network of emergency care. In 2010, Academic Emergency Medicine convened a consensus conference entitled "Beyond Regionalization: Integrated Networks of Emergency Care." This article is a product of the conference breakout session on "Defining and Measuring Successful Networks"; it explores the concept of integrated emergency care delivery and prioritizes a research agenda for how to best define and measure successful networks of emergency care. The authors discuss five key areas: 1) the fundamental metrics that are needed to measure networks across time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive conditions; 2) how networks can be scalable and nimble and can be creative in terms of best practices; 3) the potential unintended consequences of networks of emergency care; 4) the development of large-scale, yet feasible, network data systems; and 5) the linkage of data systems across the disease course. These knowledge gaps must be filled to improve the quality and efficiency of emergency care and to fulfill the IOM's vision of regionalized, coordinated, and accountable emergency care systems.
Volume
17
Issue
12
First Page
1297
Last Page
1305
ISSN
1553-2712
Published In/Presented At
Glickman, S. W., Kit Delgado, M., Hirshon, J. M., Hollander, J. E., Iwashyna, T. J., Jacobs, A. K., Kilaru, A. S., Lorch, S. A., Mutter, R. L., Myers, S. R., Owens, P. L., Phelan, M. P., Pines, J. M., Seymour, C. W., Ewen Wang, N., Branas, C. C., & 2010 Academic emergency medicine consensus conference Beyond regionalization: Intergrated networks of emergency care (2010). Defining and measuring successful emergency care networks: a research agenda. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(12), 1297–1305. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00930.x
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
21122011
Department(s)
Research, Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article