Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT

The EMS (r)Evolution

Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT, is the chief transformation officer at MedStar Mobile Healthcare, the exclusive emergency and non-emergency Public Utility Model EMS system for Fort Worth and 14 other cities in North Texas that provides service to 436 square miles and more than 1 million residents and responds to over 170,000 calls a year with a fleet of 65 ambulances. MedStar is a high-performance, high-value Emergency Medical Services system, providing advanced clinical care with high economic efficiency.

MedStar is one of the most well-known EMS agencies in the county, and operates a high-performance system with no tax subsidy, and the recipient of the EMS World/NAEMT Paid EMS system of the Year, and the only agency to be named an EMS10 Innovator by JEMS Magazine.

He is also the co-author of the book “Mobile Integrated Healthcare – Approach to Implementation” published by Jones and Bartlett Publishing.

He has 42 years’ experience in EMS and holds a master’s degree in Health Service Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Health Care Data Management. Matt is a frequent speaker at national conferences and has done consulting in numerous EMS issues, specializing in high-performance EMS operations, finance, mobile integrated healthcare, public/media relations, public policy, transformative economic strategies, and EMS research.

Matt is also immediate past president of the National Association of EMTs, and chairs their EMS Economics Committee.

Full list of Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT results

MedStar’s BERT delivers the right resource to the right place
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The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Transforming EMS: 6 considerations for implementing an EMS telehealth program
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Engaging payers, the medical director, administrators and field providers was key to MedStar's successful telehealth implementation
EMS in critical condition
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A national survey reveals EMS economic and operations redesigns that would have been considered heresy just years ago
Culture shift: Reducing lights and siren vehicle operation
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Resources to dispel 3 myths about hot response to improve clinician, patient and community safety
Is EMS-on-demand the next big transformation for the profession?
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Learn how MedStar made the jump to an on-demand subscription service that utilizes MIH/CP clinicians
9 lessons for EMS from the house of the mouse
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Apply these hiring, management and operational strategies from Walt Disney World to improve the EMS experience for patients and providers
5 best practices for media appearances by EMS chiefs and field personnel
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Seize every media request to your EMS agency as an opportunity to build relationships, trust, and goodwill
Quick-Take: Building a sustainable economic model for an EMS telehealth program
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Learn where to find willing partners and payers for an EMS telehealth navigation program
Why cybersecurity is important for EMS leaders
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Cybersecurity, a real and credible threat to EMS agencies, is an additional risk for EMS leaders to understand and manage
First, do no harm
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Despite extensive research finding lights and siren use makes little difference in patient outcomes, and in fact causes harm to patients, providers and the public, too many continue to respond hot
Take action: Tell Congress what EMS needs to battle COVID-19
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NAEMT President Matt Zavadsky: Keep the pressure on Congress to ensure EMS personnel are covered in all applicable COVID-19 provisions
Creating a new EMS value proposition with mobile integrated healthcare
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911 nurse triage and a high utilizer group program are exponentially reducing transports and healthcare expenditures while increasing patient satisfaction
Taking action on the shrinking availability of EMS in rural America
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NAEMT encourages all states to recognize EMS as an essential service and urges Congress to fund the SIREN Act
What the mid-term elections mean for EMS
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Forecasting how the Democratic House and GOP Senate will impact drug and healthcare billing, Medicaid expansion and the ACA
Top 10 MIH or community paramedicine program funding sources
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These sources of start-up and long-term funding can help launch and provide economic sustainability for mobile integrated health care
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