Design of the Collaborative

(Hosted: Summer and Fall 2016 and Spring 2017)

The purpose of these 2-day sessions is to teach improvement teams how to use quality improvement principles and tools to develop a facility recognition program for their state. Attendance is limited, making it the ideal setting for discussion and learning. The program typically consists of workshops and didactics focusing on:

• Engaging stakeholders and forming cohesive teams
• Developing process maps and other quality improvement tools to facilitate state activities
• Developing facility recognition criteria based on national guidelines

The Facility Recognition Collaborative is comprised of three workgroups that strive to: minimize the workload for individual states; provide collaboration across institutions, organizations, and stakeholders; and function as a community to share best practices.

INTERVENTION WORKGROUP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop facility recognition criteria based on national guidelines
• Identify potential stakeholders
• Navigate political frameworks to identify best steps toward facility recognition

EDUCATION WORKGROUP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Increase collaborative-specific knowledge (i.e., pediatric readiness)
• Develop talking points and slide decks
• Work closely with quality improvement specialists and content coaches to develop additional tools (i.e., process maps, key driver diagrams, and fishbone diagrams)
• Disseminate best practices to members of the EMSC community

ANALYTICS WORKGROUP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop an evaluation plan to measure the progress of the collaborative toward achieving the specific aim
• Create tools to monitor the progress of each improvement team
• Identify performance indicators for medical recognition programs

In an effort to meet the EMSC Program’s goal of reducing the mortality and morbidity of children while responding to the Government Performance Review Act the EMSC Program, in 2005, defined benchmarking performance measures for pediatric emergency and/or trauma care. These measures provide a guide for States seeking improvements and closure of gaps in the continuum of emergency care for children nationwide. The EMSC Performance measures provide a process to document state activities and accomplishments while demonstrating national program outcomes.

Two of these measures directly relate to establishing pediatric recognition programs:

• The percent of hospitals recognized through a statewide, territorial or regional standardized system able to stabilize and manage pediatric medical emergencies.
• The percent of hospitals recognized through a statewide, territorial or regional standardized system that are able to stabilize and or manage pediatric traumatic emergencies.

These measures emphasize the importance of a standardized statewide, territorial or regional system that recognizes the capabilities of stabilizing and/or managing pediatric medical and trauma emergencies. These measure help to ensure that essential resources and protocols are available where children receive care for medical and trauma emergencies while assisting hospitals in determining their capacity and readiness to effectively deliver pediatric emergency and specialty care. Recognizing the emergency care capabilities of facilities can assist in directing EMS transfer of the pediatric patient to the appropriate levels and types of resources.

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