title: Improving rapid response systems: progress, issues, and future directions.
abstract: "Detect the emergency and respond to it right at the patient's bedside" sums up the focus of the recent Third International Conference on Rapid Response Systems.
authors.affiliation: Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ovretveit
authors.forename: Jo-Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Suffoletto
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors