Director of Clinical Integrity Life Link III Wilmington, North Carolina
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Air medical transport utilization review is a core tenant of mature quality management systems. But, what does a utilization review need to entail, and what determines the appropriate use of limited air medical transport resources? Come join in an engaging conversation that looks at the published clinical data behind use of air medical transport and begin to look beyond "admitted from the emergency department." This presentation will review how one program has developed a blinded regular report that is shared with regional hospital and EMS partners with established over-triage benchmarks and objective criteria determining appropriate helicopter use. Walk away empowered to evaluate transports to split them into appropriate use and over triage categories that will allow your team to determine appropriate and inappropriate over triage. Come join in a discussion that reviews not only how to establish over-triage rates, but explores how to provide this feedback to transport system partners.
Learning Objectives:
Identify 3 evidence-based criteria for appropriate helicopter utilization
Distinguish the difference between appropriate and inappropriate helicopter over-triage
Identify strategies to prove over triage feedback to HEMS partners
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