Excellent health provision relies on the integration of structure, including responders and equipment, and processes, such as procedures and protocols, to form care systems like hospitals that are effective at treating patients. Healthcare systems must be able to integrate each of these care components to ensure high quality.
Additionally, there must be a continuous evaluation of quality with the goal of improvement. The patient’s survival following SCA relies on improved quality of each step in the survival chain. By regularly evaluating quality measures, any gaps or shortcomings in the steps can be determined and fixed.