WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Fire departments across Milwaukee have started making home visits to patients as part of what is turning out to be a successful community paramedicine program.
West Allis is one of the five departments in the county involved in the program designed to prevent patients from frequently calling 911 for problems that can be better handled with improved care, CBS 58 reports.
The department makes home visits to 29 patients. In 2013, those patients accounted for 857 911 calls, 596 ER visits and 571 ambulance unit hours. Since starting the home visit program in January 2015, none of the patients have called 911.
After 90 days, the department plans to review the results of the program.