Using the Rapid Emergency Medicine Score to Zero in on EMS Quality

Conclusion Should REMS become an EMS standard? The potential applications of the score exist across the clinical, operational, and financial arenas of providing prehospital care. JFK currently uses REMS to assist in the validation of shutting off warning devices en route to the hospital, showing which patients gain no benefit through this added risk, and for which patients a few minutes may truly matter. The ability to provide bundles of care with empirical evidence of efficacy allows the leadership team to focus clinical efforts on improving the less-effective bundles as well as identifying providers in need of added training or supplemental education. The impact of being able to show quality in care also becomes a valid argument to payers or partners regarding reimbursement and competitive service bids. Ultimately, the idea of working REMS evidence into the dispatch priority algorithm to determine ALS vs. BLS response may also prove to be a plausible strategy in meeting the ever-growing needs of our aging populations. References 1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.) Topics: Quality. Retrieved Aug. 20, 2018, from www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality.html. 2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (Dec. 31. 2001.) National EMS Research Agenda. Retrieved Aug. 20, 2018, from www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/ems/ems-agenda/emsresearchagenda.pdf. 3. Olsson T, Terent A, Lind L. Rapid Emergency Medicine score:  new prognostic tool for in-hospital mortality in nonsur...
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