TY - JOUR
T1 - Language validation of the air transport minimum data set
T2 - Time-related terms
AU - Thompson, Cheryl Bagley
AU - Schaffer, Judith
N1 - Funding Information:
Several data set development efforts have been directed at emergency medical services (EMS). In 1973, the Emergency Medical Services System Act specified that EMS maintain a standardized patient record-keeping system. The federal government commissioned an original minimum data set from Macro Systems, Inc., but it was not widely implemented. Subsequently, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) funded a grant to the University of Pittsburgh to develop an advanced life support minimum data set, which again met with limited success. An attempt by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to develop an EMS minimum data set in the late 1980s also was unsuccessful. 2
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Introduction: Transport times, such as time of call, are an essential part of the patient record. The purpose of this study was to validate a previously proposed minimum data set of time-related terms. Methods: A stratified sample of 508 nurses, physicians, paramedics, pilots, and communication specialists was selected to participate in the validation survey. Subjects indicated their agreement/disagreement with the proposed terms and their definitions on a scale of 1 (low) to 3 (high). In addition, subjects indicated whether they currently collect the data elements or could do so easily. Finally, subjects said whether they were willing to release aggregate data for benchmarking purposes. Results: One-hundred-eighteen subjects (23.2%) responded to the survey with usable data. Agreement to include the terms (level 3) ranged from 71.2% to 95.8%. Agreement with the proposed definition ranged from 72.9% to 95.8%. Seventy-eight of the respondents were willing to release all the data elements. Conclusion: Fourteen of the 19 terms are recommended for inclusion in a minimum data set for rotor-wing transport. Most persons expressed willingness to release data for benchmarking efforts.
AB - Introduction: Transport times, such as time of call, are an essential part of the patient record. The purpose of this study was to validate a previously proposed minimum data set of time-related terms. Methods: A stratified sample of 508 nurses, physicians, paramedics, pilots, and communication specialists was selected to participate in the validation survey. Subjects indicated their agreement/disagreement with the proposed terms and their definitions on a scale of 1 (low) to 3 (high). In addition, subjects indicated whether they currently collect the data elements or could do so easily. Finally, subjects said whether they were willing to release aggregate data for benchmarking purposes. Results: One-hundred-eighteen subjects (23.2%) responded to the survey with usable data. Agreement to include the terms (level 3) ranged from 71.2% to 95.8%. Agreement with the proposed definition ranged from 72.9% to 95.8%. Seventy-eight of the respondents were willing to release all the data elements. Conclusion: Fourteen of the 19 terms are recommended for inclusion in a minimum data set for rotor-wing transport. Most persons expressed willingness to release data for benchmarking efforts.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1067-991X(03)00014-2
DO - 10.1016/S1067-991X(03)00014-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12847467
AN - SCOPUS:0043123227
SN - 1067-991X
VL - 22
SP - 36
EP - 40
JO - Air medical journal
JF - Air medical journal
IS - 4
ER -