Emergency Medical Services: Reported Needs Are Wide-Ranging, With A Growing Focus on Lack of Data.

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-12 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28 P0b002ee180384954 f:d0228 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28 GAO-02-28 Emergency medical services Personnel recruiting Education or training Interagency relations Equipment inventories Strategic planning HHS Healthy People 2010 Initiative Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant HRSA EMS for Children Program Other Written Product A02289 Emergency Medical Services: Reported Needs Are Wide-Ranging, With A Growing Focus on Lack of Data. Local emergency medical systems (EMS) have reported substantial needs in such areas as personnel, training, equipment, and the availability of doctors to advise emergency personnel in the field. Federal agencies have supported EMS improvements by acting as facilitators rather then by establishing requirements or providing significant funding. The agencies provide technical assistance, set voluntary standards for licensing EMS providers, and administer limited grant funding. The four federal agencies GAO studied have separately begun to collect EMS data or promote data consistency. However, progress in developing this information has been slow. State and local EMS officials attributed the lack of progress to the many competing demands on their time and said that EMS providers and local systems have few incentives to collect and report EMS information. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28.pdf GAO-02-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-28 Other Written Product GAO-02-28; Emergency Medical Services: Reported Needs Are Wide-Ranging, With A Growing Focus on Lack of Data.; Emergency medical services Personnel recruiting Education or training Interagency relations Equipment inventories Strategic planning HHS Healthy People 2010 Initiative Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant HRSA EMS for Children Program