Air ambulance outcome measures using Institutes of Medicine and Donabedian quality frameworks: protocol for a systematic scoping review
Edwards, Kristin H., Fitzgerald, Gerard, Franklin, Richard C., and Edwards, Mark Terrell (2020) Air ambulance outcome measures using Institutes of Medicine and Donabedian quality frameworks: protocol for a systematic scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 9. 72.
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Abstract
Background: Dedicated air ambulance services provide a vital link for critically ill and injured patients to higherlevels of care. The recent developments of pre-hospital and retrieval medicine create an opportunity for airambulance providers and policy-makers to utilize a dashboard of quality performance measures to assess serviceperformance. The objective of this scoping systematic review will be to identify and evaluate the range of airambulance outcome measures reported in the literature and help to construct a quality dashboard based on ahealthcare quality framework.
Methods: We will search PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (fromJanuary 2001 onwards). Complementary searches will be conducted in selected relevant journals. We will includesystematic reviews and observational studies (cohort, cross-sectional, interrupted time series) in critically ill orinjured patients published in English and focusing on air ambulance delivery and quality measures. Two reviewerswill independently screen all citations, full-text articles, and abstract data. The study methodological quality (or bias)will be appraised using appropriate tools. Analysis of the characteristics associated with outcome measure will bemapped and described according to the proposed healthcare quality framework.
Discussion: This review will contribute to the development of an air ambulance quality dashboard designed tocombine multiple quality frameworks. Our findings will provide a basis for helping decision-making in healthplanning and policy.
| Item ID: | 64975 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Scholarly Work) |
| ISSN: | 2046-4053 |
| Keywords: | Air ambulance; Outcome measures; Emergency system; Service delivery; Institutes of Medicine; Donabedian; Quality framework |
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| Funders: | Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Australasia, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CQHHS) |
| Projects and Grants: | EMF Queensland Program, # EMPJ-370R27 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2020 02:49 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110305 Emergency Medicine @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920204 Evaluation of Health Outcomes @ 100% |
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