Reno Gazette-Journal
RENO, Nev. — What happens when you turn paramedics into caregivers and divert patients in ambulances away from the emergency room?
Apparently, you save millions of dollars. More accurately, you save $10.5 million in area healthcare expenditures for three years, according to Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority.
That’s the total amount of savings that REMSA projects through 2015 for its Community Health Programs effort, which started two years ago.
Read full story: REMSA doubles down on smarter transport, community paramedics