Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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The objective of this study was to examine prehospital provider recognition of stroke by race and sex. ⋯ Significant disparities exist in prehospital stroke recognition.
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The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program requires every ABEM-certified physician to attest to participating in a quality improvement (QI) activity every 5 years. Understanding the type and frequency of these QI activities could inform the emergency medicine community about the variety of QI activities in which emergency physicians (EPs) are involved. These QI activities could provide ideas for the development of additional quality measures. ⋯ This report demonstrates that diverse QI activities occur in emergency departments (EDs) across the United States. The majority of reported projects are nested in a few categories, following recognized areas of emphasis in emergency care, particularly in areas using time-sensitive metrics.