Trending Topics
Taigman-1.jpg

Mike Taigman

Better EMS Performance

Mike Taigman uses more than four decades of experience to help EMS leaders and field personnel improve the care/service they provide to patients and their communities. Mike is the Improvement Guide for FirstWatch, a company which provides near-real time monitoring and analysis of data along with performance improvement coaching for EMS agencies.

He teaches Improvement Science in the Master’s in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership at the University of California San Francisco and the Emergency Health Services Management Graduate Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He’s the author of “Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19.” Contact him at mtaigman@firstwatch.net.

LATEST ARTICLES
Seven resolutions for increasing your resilience to prevent psychological and emotional trauma in emergency services
EMS leaders must be conscious and intentional in applying labeling lenses to patients and providers
Montgomery County, Maryland Fire & Rescue Service’s Russell Patterson shares how process ownership is streamlining their ACS, STEMI management
Mentorship comes full circle for EMS leader Mike Taigman, in collaborations in quality improvement and advancing EMS
Policies, training and practice changes resulted in faster response time, penalty savings and improved morale across EMTs, paramedics and EMS leadership
Follow these five tips to captivate your audience, include easy-to-see visuals, follow the rule of sevens and avoid panel discussions that will put your audience to sleep
Medical Director and Emergency Physician Gene Hern explores the potential for treating patients with opioid use disorder with buprenorphine
An EMS agency success story in improving patient care and service, with financial benefits for the agency and EMS providers
Do your part to limit the spread of infectious disease and hospital-acquired infections by improving your hand hygiene practices
Consider policy changes through the lens of quality improvement science before implementing new strategies in patient care