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Download your copy of the original 1966 white paper here, and see our look back at its influence at www.emsworld.com/12235576. 
With CT scanners, tPA and more, MSUs are helping slash treatment intervals and should improve outcomes
NAEMT recently release the results of its "2016 National Survey on Data Collection, Use and Exchange in EMS." More than 2,400 members representing EMS practitioners, managers, data managers and medical directors from a wide variety of agency sizes and types responded to the survey.  
Three projects demonstrate how to use data to improve care in EMS systems
Target: Stroke, a national quality improvement initiative organized by American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, was launched in January 2010 to address shortfalls in providing timely acute stroke care. The primary goal of Target: Stroke Phase I was for participating hospitals to treat at least 50% of their acute ischemic stroke patients with intravenous tissue plasminog...
White paper outlines key steps you should take to improve your operations today
The NHS’s 10 ambulance service trusts have a distinct perspective and set of challenges from its other providers. However, they are grappling with similar emergency care demand pressures, and are also engaged in work to create more integrated, preventative services. This piece from HSJ Intelligence explores the top priorities and challenges of these organizations over the next 12 to 1...
The primary purpose of MIH-CP programs is to provide healthcare services directly to patients on location therefore minimizing trips to the hospital. The main objectives of this project include identifying where MIH-CP is used in the U.S., determine what information is available from those communities, and produce a report to help the NFPA Technical Committee (TC) on Emergency Medical...