• Professionals involved with air medical services and ground interfacility transport services strive to provide the highest possible quality to their constituents.
• The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems is dedicated to assisting these professionals in offering a quality service.
• The Commission offers a program of voluntary evaluation of compliance with accreditation standards which demonstrates the ability to deliver service of a specific quality.
• The Commission believes that the two highest priorities of an air medical or ground interfacility transport service are patient care and safety of the transport environment.
• By participating in the voluntary accreditation process, services can verify their adherence to quality accreditation standards to themselves, their peers, medical professionals, and to the general public.

Goals

1. To provide an organized forum through which those professionals involved with air medical and ground interfacility transport can participate in improving the services they provide.
2. To assist our constituents in achieving accreditation through information sharing and education programs.
3. To provide a voluntary and an objective mechanism for evaluation of compliance with accreditation standards.
4. To offer compliance with the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems accreditation standards as a marker of excellence for federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as private agencies and to the general public.
5. To maintain recognition of the accreditation standards as a measure of quality for both private and public air medical and ground interfacility transport services.
6. To maintain currency in the accreditation standards according to medical research, ground transport and aviation developments in order to meet the dynamic needs of air medical and ground interfacility transport services.