- 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
- 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.
- To assist our constituents in achieving accreditation through information sharing and education programs.
- To provide a voluntary and an objective mechanism for evaluation of compliance with accreditation standards.
- 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.
- To maintain recognition of the accreditation standards as a measure of quality for both private and public air medical and ground interfacility transport services.
- 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.
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