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	Southern Tier Regional Emergency Medical Services Council

Area Quality Improvement Committee

Membership: based on the requirements of Article 30, this committee must consist of at least five members, one of which must be a physician, three who do not provide direct care to any given service, and other health care providers as appropriate. An identified QI Coordinator named by each hospital will chair the Area QI Committee. Each participating service's service QI reviewer shall be a member of a given Area QI Committee.

Responsibilities:

1. Review care rendered by those services that care for patients transported to the Area QI Committees identified hospital.
2. Notify Regional Quality Improvement Committee of significant issues related to the provision of quality prehospital care.
3. Quarterly review:
1. Quality of care
2. Compliance with standards of care procedures and protocols.
3. Grievances filed with services by patients or their families.
4. The occurrence of incidents injurious or potentially injurious to patients. Report these findings to the Regional Quality Improvement Committee.
4. Suggest continuing education programs to address areas of compliance with procedures and protocols that need to be improved and recommend to the Regional Quality Improvement Committee regional continuing educational programs and/or topics.
5. Participate in the system wide evaluation of the quality improvement program

Meetings will be held at least quarterly or as needed to fulfill the committee's responsibilities. Minutes will be maintained in a secure area and marked, "Confidential, for QI purposes only."