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Strategic Visions


EMS Advisory Council's 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."

The EMS Advisory Council's Strategic Visions Committee, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, and 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.

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2010-2012 Strategic Goals and Goal Owners

The 2010-2012 Florida EMS Strategic Plan includes ten goals and ten 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 1: Improve the EMS system through effective leadership and communication by the EMS Advisory Council.
  • Goal Owner: EMS Advisory Council
  • Chairperson: John Scott
Goal 2: Improve EMS data collection and participation through advocacy, outreach and improved accessibility to EMS incident-level data.
  • Goal Owner: Data Committee
  • Chairperson: Chief Charles Moreland
Goal 3: Improve customer satisfaction through injury prevention, public education and knowledge of the EMS system.
  • Goal Owner: PIER Committee
  • Chairperson: Battalion Chief Cory Richter
Goal 4: Improve EMS workforce education, performance, and satisfaction.      
  • Goal Owner: Education Committee
  • Chairperson: Danny Griffin
Goal 5: To ensure economic sustainability of the EMS system and serve as a clearinghouse for EMS legislative issues.
  • Goal Owner: Legislative Committee
  • Chairperson: TBD
Goal 6: Improve performance of key EMS processes through benchmarking and partnerships.
  • Goal Owner: Medical Care Committee
  • Chairperson: David Meurer, MD
Goal 7: Assure the EMS system is prepared to respond to all hazard events in coordination with state disaster plans.
  • Goal Owner: Disaster Committee
  • Chairperson: Brad Elias, MD
Goal 8: Maintain an accident-free environment and promote a culture of safe and appropriate utilization of Florida air assets.
  • Goal Owner: Access to Care Committee
  • Chairperson: Karen Chamberlain, RN
Goal 9: Increase access to care by improving patient safety, responder safety, and the safety of the general public.
  • Goal Owner: Access to Care Committee
  • Chairperson: Chief Michael Patterson
Goal 10: Improve consistency, efficiency, and education of public safety personnel with respect to incident related Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) and radio communications.
  • Goal Owner: Access to Care Committee
  • Chairperson: Chief Michael Patterson

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.

Committee/Workgroup Action Plan Reporting Process

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 online action plan tool above to report current status updates.  The Strategic Visions Committee suggests that you continue to use the following template when developing and tracking your updates: EMSAC Strategic Planning Template (.doc 47.50kb/2 pages). The template is a great way to track progress of all actions steps associated with your assigned objective(s), develop final reports, and communicate with the members of your groups. 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.