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  • Emergency Medicine
  • Health Services Research
  • Data Science

Background:

  • The Nordic-Baltic EMS Network aims for comparable quality indicators and benchmarking.
  • Recent reports promote transparency, but data validity remains a concern, particularly in Denmark and Norway.
  • Current efforts face challenges due to non-standardized data collection and definitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight data validity issues within Danish and Norwegian emergency medical services (EMS).
  • To emphasize the need for standardized, validated data for meaningful cross-country benchmarking.
  • To advocate for the development of robust prehospital registry infrastructure.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data collection practices in Danish and Norwegian EMS.
  • Review of proposed indicators in the 2025 Nordic-Baltic EMS report.
  • Identification of limitations in current EMS data systems for research and benchmarking.

Main Results:

  • EMS data in Denmark and Norway are collected under varying definitions, complicating comparisons.
  • Operational data from disparate systems (ePMR, dispatch) require extensive processing.
  • Lack of integrated prehospital registries in both countries limits longitudinal analysis and benchmarking.

Conclusions:

  • Reliance on operational EMS data introduces uncertainty into benchmarking efforts.
  • Validated, registry-based EMS data systems are essential for reliable quality assessment.
  • National prioritization and network support are needed to establish sustainable EMS data infrastructure for improved patient care.