EMS REGIONAL CQI SUCCESS STORIES

Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) has a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) component that brings hospital emergency department representatives together for quarterly Regional CQI committee meetings, to review and discuss quality issues in pediatric emergency care.  These regions are consistent with the eleven EMS Regions defined by statute in Illinois. 

Each regional CQI committee identifies quality indicators of local interest and defines a related record review tool.  The CQI committee members then perform reviews of cases at their own facility for comparison to their peer facilities.  From 2001 through 2005, over 30,000 records have been reviewed for quality in this EMSC CQI process by over 100 hospital emergency departments.

Summary reports of these regional indicators have shown a number of improvements.  These success stories are listed below by region and topic of study.  To access a regional success story, click on the  icon.

To find which region a hospital is located in, click here to see the HOSPITAL INDEX by region.

Region 1: Pain Management	(123K)
Region 2: Asthma Management	(19K)
Region 2: Pain Management	(106K)
Region 3: Pain Management	(17K)
Region 4: Pain Management	(105K)
Region 5: Respiratory Assessment	(18K)
Region 6: Pain Management	(21K)
Region 7: Asthma Management	(108K)
Region 7: Head Injury	(22K)
Region 7: Pain Management	(19K)
Region 8: Pain Management	(108K)
Region 9: Pain Management	(120K)
Region 9: Seizures	(158K)
Region 10: Pain Management	(18K)
Region 11: Pain Management	(106K)

 

Click anywhere on this regional map to enlarge the size.