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Designing a Research Agenda to Improve the Quality of Emergency Care
Author(s) -
Magid David J.,
Rhodes Karin V.,
Asplin Brent R.,
Steiner John F.,
Rumsfeld John S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1124
Subject(s) - medicine , quality (philosophy) , quality management , intervention (counseling) , emergency department , medical emergency , nursing , operations management , engineering , management system , philosophy , epistemology
A systematic approach to develop a research agenda for improving the quality of emergency care is presented. This approach is based on the six domains of quality outlined by the Institute of Medicine (effective, timely, efficient, safe, patient‐centered, and equitable care) and a sequence of four research steps (evidence, synthesis, assessment, and intervention). Examples related to the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction are used to illustrate the proposed approach. Examples of other emergency medicine research topics relevant to the Institute of Medicine quality domains are also presented. Research to improve the quality of emergency care can benefit from a more systematic consideration of the domains of quality and the research steps necessary to generate evidence and inform quality improvement efforts in practice.