In August 2019, the NEMSQA Measure Development Committee and Board of Trustees approved eleven measures - one of which is reference herein. These measures were reviewed and re-specified from their original release in the EMS Compass program. Using NEMSQA’s Measurement Development Process, the measures went through rigorous research, specification, and testing phases. The testing phase included a public comment period.

 

It is not required that an agency use all measures in the measure set. Agencies and EMS professionals are encouraged to choose measures most meaningful to their patient population and implement those measures to improv1e performance and patient care. Data should be collected for an initial baseline period and results used to develop meaningful interventions to improve quality of care.