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Shared service programs
by Marcia Katz, RN
Shared Service Programs As y o u m a y have noticed, each issue of the AeroMedical Journal has a theme that covers areas of interest relevant to transport medicine. In the first two years of publication, those themes were predominantly medical in nature, appealing to many of the medical staff members in our circulation. This year, in direct response to your request, the themes have grown to include more administrative issues. Our circulation has also grown to include not only physicians, nurses and paramedics, but also administrators, dispatchers, pilots and mechanics. For that reason, the AeroMedicalJournal has
Marcia Katz, RN is the Chief FligM nurse for Stanford [Calif.) Life Flight.
included themes and articles such as shared services, programs of the future, and reimbursement for transport. These themes will appear in upcoming issues this year. Needless to say, the medical interests are still addressed, and case presentations, new drug information, and topics of interest on specialty patients are still found within each issue. In this March/April edition, a few of the shared service programs from throughout the country have described systems that work well for them. As one can see, the geographical area, local EMS jurisdiction, hospital authority, and economic needs of each system are
taken into account when decisions are made to set up a shared service. In these days of financial belt-tightening, both individual hospital-based programs and shared service programs are carefiaUy evaluating their in~vidual situation to gain the most for their program. Whether a transport program is modeled after the private or public sector, and whether it has a privately funded program or institutional backing, the decision to share must be made after careful consideration of all of the facts. It is the hope of the journal staff that the topics presented in this issue will address areas that might be of interest to you when considering shared service programs. ~-~
AM,1I MARCH/APRIL1987
9
Shared Service Programs As y o u m a y have noticed, each issue of the AeroMedical Journal has a theme that covers areas of interest relevant to transport medicine. In the first two years of publication, those themes were predominantly medical in nature, appealing to many of the medical staff members in our circulation. This year, in direct response to your request, the themes have grown to include more administrative issues. Our circulation has also grown to include not only physicians, nurses and paramedics, but also administrators, dispatchers, pilots and mechanics. For that reason, the AeroMedicalJournal has
Marcia Katz, RN is the Chief FligM nurse for Stanford [Calif.) Life Flight.
included themes and articles such as shared services, programs of the future, and reimbursement for transport. These themes will appear in upcoming issues this year. Needless to say, the medical interests are still addressed, and case presentations, new drug information, and topics of interest on specialty patients are still found within each issue. In this March/April edition, a few of the shared service programs from throughout the country have described systems that work well for them. As one can see, the geographical area, local EMS jurisdiction, hospital authority, and economic needs of each system are
taken into account when decisions are made to set up a shared service. In these days of financial belt-tightening, both individual hospital-based programs and shared service programs are carefiaUy evaluating their in~vidual situation to gain the most for their program. Whether a transport program is modeled after the private or public sector, and whether it has a privately funded program or institutional backing, the decision to share must be made after careful consideration of all of the facts. It is the hope of the journal staff that the topics presented in this issue will address areas that might be of interest to you when considering shared service programs. ~-~
AM,1I MARCH/APRIL1987
9