About ACCT
The Association of Critical Care Transport
(ACCT)
is a non-profit grassroots patient advocacy
organization committed to ensuring that critically ill
and injured patients have access to the safest and
highest quality critical care transport system possible.
ACCT is comprised of air and ground critical care
transport providers, business organizations,
associations, and individuals all striving to provide
our communities, hospitals and EMS partners in care,
regulators, and policy makers with a path toward a safer
and more trustworthy critical care transport system for
patients.
ACCT Vision Statement:
A reliable and accountable critical care transport
system driven by quality, safety and value for patients
and fully integrated within the broader EMS and health
care system.
ACCT Mission Statement:
To transform existing critical care transport operations
into an integrated, accountable, patient centered and
continually improving system for both ground and air
critical care transport characterized by quality,
safety, and value that is worthy of the public trust.
ACCT Values:
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Accountability. Assure accountability on behalf of the
patient in the critical care medical transport system
such that it is fully integrated within the pre-and
hospital emergency care system and is worthy of the
public trust, including by achieving clarification of
and improving federal and state oversight.
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Quality. Achieve and sustain a patient focused
critical care medical transport system directed by
appropriate quality indicators that incorporate ongoing
improvement in concert with professional medical
organizations.
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Safety. Establish and continually achieve the highest
applicable patient and transport vehicle and operations
safety standards in concert with other stakeholder
associations, researchers, and state and federal
regulators.
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Value. Accomplish the realignment of incentives in
reimbursement for critical care medical transport toward
quality, safety and value for patient care in concert
with payors and policy makers.
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Integration. Achieve seamless integration of critical
care transport services within the broader EMS and
health care system driven by solely by patient care
needs rather than transport mode in order to serve the
best interest of patients.
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