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Understanding the Spectrum of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Sources and their Variation by Community

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Description

There is a saying in EMS that if you've "seen one EMS system, then you've seen one EMS system". Many EMS systems have good or even great data for surveillance and research, but while there are some standards developing for EMS data formats and sharing, very few systems have the capability to share data using them.Presenters discussed the current state of 9-1-1/EMS dispatch and field electronic medical records systems, and the changing impact of the official and informal standards and variations of data seen in different communities. In addition, research using EMS data to predict hospital ED overload, and EMS correlation with ILI was also addressed.

Presenters

Todd Stout, FirstWatch, Inc.

Abey Kuruvilla, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Christopher H. O. Olola, PhD, Director of Biomedical Informatics and Research, National Academies of Emergency Dispatch

Date

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Host

ISDS Research Committee

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