Jumpstarting Your Performance Measure Activities: Part One Performance Measure

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Jumpstarting Your Performance Measure Activities
Part OnePerformance Measure 662006 Annual
EMSC Grantee Meeting
June 20, 2006
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Purpose of Session

• Review Performance Measure 66 and its
  sub-measures
• Describe effective ways of educating others on
  the new performance measures and the key elements
  of a strategic planning process
• Discuss data collection and implementation
  strategies for Performance Measure 66

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Performance Measure 66

• Measure The degree to which the State/Territory
  has ensured the operational capacity to provide
  pediatric emergency care.
• Goal/Target of Measure By 2011, the
  State/Territory will haveensured the operational
  capacity toprovide pediatric emergency care.

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Performance Measure 66 Definitions

• Pediatric Persons up to 18 years old.
• Operational capacity For Year One, operational
  capacity to provide pediatric emergency care is
  defined by the following four elements
• 1. Pre-hospital provider agencies have on-line
  and off-line pediatric medical direction at the
  scene of an emergency for Basic Life Support
  (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) providers.
• 2. Pre-hospital provider agencies have the
  essential pediatric equipment and supplies, as
  outlined in AAP/ACEP Joint Guidelines for BLS and
  ALS providers.

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Performance Measure 66 Definitions

• Operational capacity (continued)
• 3. The existence of a statewide, territorial, or
  regional standardized system that recognizes
  hospitals that are able to stabilize and/or
  manage pediatric emergencies.

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Performance Measure 66 Definitions

• Operational capacity (continued)
• 4. Hospitals have written inter-facility transfer
  agreements that specify alternate care sites that
  have the capabilities to meet the clinical needs
  of critically ill and injured pediatric patients
  and inter-facility guidelines that specify the
  following
• Transportation of individuals, staff, and
  equipment to the alternate care site.
• The transfer of individual necessities (e.g.,
  medications, medical records) to and from the
  alternate care site
• Individual tracking to and from the alternate
  care site
• Inter-facility communication between the
  organization and the alternate care site

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Performance Measure 66a

• Measure The percentage of pre-hospital provider
  agencies in the State/Territory that have on-line
  and off-line pediatric medical direction at the
  scene of an emergency for Basic Life Support
  (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) providers.
• Goal/Target of Measure By 2011, 90 of
  pre-hospital provider agencies in the
  State/Territory will have on-line and off-line
  pediatric medical direction at the scene of an
  emergency for BLS and ALS providers.

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Performance Measure 66b

• Measure The percentage of pre-hospital provider
  agencies in the State/Territory that have the
  essential pediatric equipment and supplies, as
  outlined in AAP/ACEP Joint Guidelines for BLS and
  ALS providers.
• Goal/Target of Measure By 2011, 90 of
  pre-hospital provider agencies in the
  State/Territory will have the essential pediatric
  equipment and supplies, as outlined in the
  AAP/ACEP Joint Guidelines for BLS and ALS
  ambulances.

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Performance Measure 66c

• Measure The existence of a statewide,
  territorial, or regional standardized system that
  recognizes hospitals that are able to stabilize
  and/or manage pediatric medical emergencies and
  trauma.
• Goal/Target of Measure By 2011, the
  State/Territory will have a statewide,
  territorial,or regional system that
  recognizeshospitals that are able to
  stabilizeand/or manage pediatric
  medicalemergencies and trauma.

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Performance Measure 66d

• Measure Hospitals have written inter-facility
  transfer agreements that specify alternate care
  sites that have the capabilities to meet the
  clinical needs of critically ill and injured
  pediatric patients and inter-facility guidelines
  that specify the following
• Transportation of individuals, staff, and
  equipment to the alternate care site
• The transfer of individual necessities (e.g.,
  medications, medical records) to and from the
  alternate care site
• Individual tracking to and from the alternate
  care site
• Inter-facility communication between the
  organization and the alternate care site

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Performance Measure 66d

• Goal/Target of Measure By 2006, 20 of hospitals
  in the State/Territory will have written
  inter-facility agreements that specify alternate
  care sites that have the capabilities to meet the
  clinical needs of critically ill and injured
  pediatric patients and inter-facility guidelines
  that specify the following
• Transportation of individuals, staff, and
  equipment to the alternate care site
• Transfer of individual necessities (for example,
  medications, medical records) to and from the
  alternate care site
• Individual tracking to and from the alternate
  care site
• Inter-facility communication between the
  organization and the alternate care site