Implementation of improvement cycle in health records of mobile emergency prehospital care

Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Jun 17;73(4):e20190049. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0049. eCollection 2020.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the effect of the implementation of a quality improvement cycle in the completion of occurrence forms of a Mobile Emergency Service.

Methods: this is a time series, quantitative, quasi-experimental study without control group, with three quality assessments in which was used an improvement cycle for adequacy of health records in Mobile Emergency Service Patos.

Results: in 100% of the seven criteria, there was improvement between evaluations. Noncompliance with criteria reduced from 95 cases in the first evaluation to eight cases in the third evaluation.

Conclusions: the representation of joint results between the three evaluations highlighted progressive improvement in the compliance with each criterion.

MeSH terms

  • Documentation / methods
  • Documentation / standards*
  • Documentation / statistics & numerical data
  • Electronic Health Records / instrumentation
  • Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods*
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards
  • Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Quality Improvement*