HOW WE MEET OUR MISSION

Quality Improvement: Defining and measuring the quality of delivered emergency medical care is essential for identifying areas for clinical and operational improvements and then testing those improvements to see if they work. Our faculty demonstrate commitment to ED quality improvement through participation in our department’s robust quality assurance program, built to ensure excellent patient care through the proper identification of systems and clinical care issues. We are committed to sharing our practices, pathways, systems, and standards with colleagues in the interest of a mutual commitment to ED quality standards and patient safety.

Clinical Education: Through our annual certification course and our Emergency CME courses, we work with emergency clinicians to provide them with the clinical knowledge and quality assurance practices they need in order to maintain cutting-edge clinical practice standards and patient-safe EDs.

International Collaboration: Through our research and project collaborations with international colleagues from various countries, we have access to diverse ideas, practices, and quality markers that enrich our own research, clinical practice, and coursework. We are committed to working with international colleagues to maximize ED clinical standards through quality improvement practices within the ED.

Research: Our Center, set within the context of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Department of Emergency Medicine, and our Emergency Medicine Residency Program, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, publishes significant evidence-based research in the areas of clinical care and quality assurance that enhances our practice and enriches our courses. We are committed to collaborating with international partners on research in the area of ED quality practices. View our research.