Illinois — Targeted Issue

Pediatric Facility Recognition/Categorization: Models of Best Practice, Implementation and Evaluation

Sept. 1, 2010 - Aug. 31, 2013

Grant Number
H34MC19352
Project Overview
EMSC Performance Measure (PM) 74 has only been successfully implemented in a few states. No process, outcome, or effectiveness measures exist. Development of consensus-based tools and measures will facilitate efforts of states on this PM. The goal of this project is to conduct a comparative analysis of facility recognition/categorization criteria, related guidelines, and other hospital designation models, i.e. trauma, perinatal.
Institution
Loyola University, School of Medicine
Main Contacts
Award Amount
$900,000

Contacts

Name Role(s) Phone Email
Mark Cichon, DO
  • Principal Investigator
mcicho@lumc.edu
Evelyn Lyons, RN, MPH
  • Co-Principal Investigator
(312) 793-1234 evelyn.lyons@illinois.gov

Products

Title Format Description Published/Revised Availability
Partnership and Relationships, Keys to Facility Recognition Webinar 2013 Not Available

Disseminations

Title Type Publication/Event Published/Presented Identifier Details
A National Effort Requiring Local Solutions: Regionalization of Pediatric Emergency Care Research Paper/Publication Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2014