title: Quality assurance in the teaching hospital.
abstract: The approach emergency medical service (EMS) systems take to quality assurance and quality improvement is evolving rapidly. Methods of quality assurance that have been applied to the prehospital care environment are reviewed. Impediments to effective quality assurance strategies are discussed and an overview of the scope of the activities and resources necessary to perform this task is presented. The potential efficacy and limitations of quality improvement in EMS are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States