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How We Can Help

Strategic planning helps EMSC programs identify priorities, align stakeholders, focus resources, and create a roadmap for improving emergency care for children. The EDC can support portions of the strategic planning process by providing technical assistance, facilitation, tools, resources, and data-informed guidance. While strategic planning remains the responsibility of the EMSC Program and its stakeholders, the EDC can help programs organize information, identify themes, and facilitate discussions that support informed decision-making.

Advice

EDC staff bring experience in facilitation, strategic planning support, quality improvement, stakeholder engagement, survey methods, and data-informed decision-making. You can reach out to your Technical Assistance Liaison with questions related to this topic and we will help by providing advice and ideas. We have experience supporting both in-person and virtual planning activities and can provide guidance tailored to your program’s goals, priorities, and available resources.

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Facilitation

In the past the EDC staff have accompanied HRSA project officers on scheduled site visits. Often for these visits, EMSC Program Managers have requested we facilitate some strategic planning. The EDC can facilitate selected components of the strategic planning process in both virtual and in-person settings. Examples may include stakeholder brainstorming sessions, SWOT analyses, affinity diagramming, prioritization exercises, goal development activities, and action-planning discussions that help programs move from ideas to implementation.

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Resources

The EDC has developed practical tools, templates, and planning resources that can help EMSC programs organize information, engage stakeholders, establish priorities, and guide strategic planning activities. These resources are available at no cost and can be adapted to meet the unique needs of individual states and territories, including the following:

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Our resource center was established to increase capacity among EMSC Grantees to collect, analyze, and utilize data to drive system improvement. Data is most valuable when it can be understood, communicated, and used to inform decisions. The EDC helps EMSC programs interpret data, understand findings, identify trends, and communicate results to a variety of audiences. Whether you are reviewing performance measure data, pediatric readiness findings, assessment results, or quality improvement data, the EDC can provide guidance and technical assistance. Please check with your EDC Technical Assistance (TA) Liaison for further information, to ask questions, or to request assistance.

  • Examples of assistance include:
    Understanding performance measure results
  • Interpreting pediatric readiness findings
  • Exploring trends and patterns in data
  • Selecting appropriate data displays and visualizations
  • Presenting data to stakeholders and leadership
  • Identifying opportunities for quality improvement
  • Developing reports, summaries, and data-driven presentations
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We have also created a comprehensive online statistic tutorial to help you with your basic general statistical questions located under our Professional Development section.

Statistics Tutorial
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