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New county medical director outlines quality‑assurance work, trauma and pandemic preparations
Summary
Dr. Michael Summers, St. Mary’s County jurisdictional medical director, told commissioners Aug. 25 he has established a quality-assurance program for EMS, helped adapt trauma triage protocols after a state helicopter crash, and is preparing pandemic influenza and public‑access strategies.
Dr. Michael Summers, the county’s jurisdictional medical director, told the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 25 that his first year on contract produced a functioning medical-direction structure, a new quality-assurance program for emergency medical services and changes to local practice after statewide trauma‑system updates.
“COMAR Title 30 requires it,” Dr. Summers said of the regulatory reason the county created the medical‑director contract. He described the contract as allowing for liability protection and dedicated administrative time so a practicing physician can oversee EMS operations and quality management.
Summers told commissioners he concentrated on three goals in the first year: establishing comprehensive medical direction, creating a quality‑assurance (QA) program, and serving as a liaison to other providers, including the naval air station and hospitals. He said the QA work produced two…
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