Strategic Visions

Strategic Visions Committee

Purpose: "Providing a forum for planning the continued development of the state's emergency medical services system through the joint production of the emergency medical services state plan."

To download plan, click on picture

zip (7mb/44 pages)

• Chair, Cory Richter
• Vice-Chair, Julie Bacon
• Bureau of EMS Strategic Planning Coordinator, Lisa Walker
• Six Goal Owners
• Objective Lead Liaisons xls (19.00kb)

Action Plan Template (.doc 47.50kb/2 pages)

Team Charters zip (6.56mb/18 pages)

Current Agendapdf (26.15kb)

Contact Listxls (19.00kb)

• The email address for a specific contact person listed in the above document may be obtained by contacting the Strategic Planning Coordinator.

The EMS Advisory Council's Strategic Visions Committee, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, and the 24 emergency medical services constituency groups identified the strategic advantages and challenges of EMS in Florida and reviewed/referenced national and state initiatives such as the Institute of Medicine's report on The Future of Emergency Care, Healthy People 2010, the National Scope of Practice for EMS Providers, National EMS for Children Performance Measures, NHTSA’s National Standard Curricula for EMS, Homeland Security's National Response Framework, National Preparedness Goal and National Preparedness Guidelines, Governor Crist's Healthcare Policy, the State Surgeon General's Strategic Priorities, and the FHA's report on Addressing the Crisis in Emergency Care. As a result, the team developed this comprehensive plan to guide all those involved in Florida's emergency medical services system in order to enhance prehospital patient care.

Other major EMS initiatives are addressed in plans such as the Injury Prevention Five Year Plan, the State Trauma System Plan December 2005 - December 2010, the Florida Public Health and Medical Preparedness Strategic Plan 2007 - 2010, the Florida Fire Chief’s Association Strategic Plan, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program and the State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.

2008-2010 Strategic Goals and Goal Owners

The 2008-2010 Florida EMS Strategic Plan includes six goals and six goal owners. Each goal owner is an EMS Advisory Council Subcommittee that provides oversight to the objective leads for a specific goal. The chairpersons of these subcommittees provide a high-level overview of the status of their specific goal at the EMS Advisory Council meetings.

• Goal Owner: Data Committee
• Chairperson: Chief Charles Moreland

• Goal Owner: PIER Committee
• Chairperson: Battalion Chief Cory Richter

• Goal Owner: Education Committee
• Chairperson: Linda Swisher, EdD

• Goal Owner: Legislative Committee
• Chairperson: Captain Greg Rubin

• Goal Owner: Medical Care Committee
• Chairperson: John Scott

• Goal Owner: Disaster Response Committee
• Chairperson: Brad Elias, MD

Objective Lead Quarterly Updates

Objective leads are an EMS Advisory Council Subcommittee, constituency group, or other work group that is responsible for the fulfillment of a specific objective. The chairperson of the committee or their designated liaison provide action plan status reports to the Goal Owner, the Strategic Visions Committee Leadership, and the Bureau of EMS Strategic Planning Coordinator. A consolidated report is provided to the Strategic Visions Committee and the EMS community prior to or following each EMS Advisory Council Meeting.  This will assist the goal owners, who are members of the EMS Advisory Council, provide their report to the EMS Advisory Council.

• 1st Quarter Report
(July - October)
• Not available at this time.

Committee/Workgroup Action Plans

Following the EMS Advisory Council and Constituency Group Meetings, the assigned committees or workgroups submit updated action plans to their respective goal owner (listed above) and the Strategic Visions Leadership Team (listed above) regarding the status of their assigned objectives. All committees and workgroups are asked to use the following template when submitting their updates: EMSAC Strategic Planning Template(.doc 47.50kb/2 pages). Please contact the Strategic Visions Committee Leadership Team if you need assistance completing your action plan.  The goal owner is to receive a copy of all action plans related to the objectives assigned under the goal in which they provide oversight.  This will allow them to serve as your voice to the EMS Advisory Council.  You must also include any challenges, best practices, or reasons why an objective was not able to be completed.  This will assist the Strategic Visions Committee identify objectives for future planning and to share best practices with other committees or workgroups that may learn from your best practice.  All of the action plans will be placed in folders under their specific goal on this page so others may reference if needed.