Community Paramedicine
Access our Community Paramedicine directory, offering valuable information on innovative models of care that extend the role of paramedics beyond emergency response. This collection includes articles on preventive care, chronic disease management, and partnerships with healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive care in the community. Understanding community paramedicine is key to improving public health and reducing hospital admissions. For more related content, visit our section on Integrated Care. Stay informed and explore the future of EMS with our resources on community paramedicine.
By working on prescription compliance, smoking cessation and other risk factors, community medics can make a difference in the lives of stroke patients
Communication applications, tech allow real-time feedback on critically ill patients; enable error-insulated hospital reporting
Crawfordsville IN’s nationally-recognized MIH program expands the traditional scope of emergency care to encompass mental and physical wellness, education and community resources
The mobile health service seeks to help residents in need with basic medical care to reduce the need for emergency calls
The pilot program seeks to help provide community members with access to healthcare and social support before emergencies arise
An EMS social worker describes how a new program in Texas is serving patients while decreasing 911 calls
The program, which was set to run out of funding in January, has helped reduce ambulance runs while providing non-emergency medical care to those in need
911 nurse triage and a high utilizer group program are exponentially reducing transports and healthcare expenditures while increasing patient satisfaction
The training program involves realistically-staged home environments and cameras that allow facilitators to monitor trainees’ actions from a control room
Be sure to understand your community’s needs, your agency’s goals and how you will fund your MIH-CP program and assess its success
Treating veterans’ complex health needs with telehealth, suicide screening and a dedicated medical home in the VA
Local paramedics and EMTs were trained on how to disconnect and properly operate a home hemodialysis prior to Eugene Tradd using the system at home
A closed-loop, full-spectrum and comprehensive health information exchange validates the difference EMS makes for patient outcomes
The City of Austin will hire seven new paramedics and three clinicians to be better prepared to answer mental health calls
The Akron Fire Department is launching a paramedicine program to offer free, in-home consultations to help residents and reduce non-emergency calls
Amber Price said seeing the same people make the same mistakes made her want to find ways to help people beyond rushing to them in an ambulance
Six Montana EMS departments received $50,000 each to purchase equipment and begin training for an integrated healthcare pilot program
Commonwealth Care Alliance’s mobile health program has partnered with local paramedics to reduce non-emergency transportation to the hospital
When a live connection is initiated, the receiver will open a secure link via email or text message, which provides two-way audio and visual images
The new AR-2 EMS unit team includes two paramedics, two case managers, one social worker and an epidemiologist
Meals on Wheels America will expand the program to 26 different communities spread across 16 states after starting in San Diego
The outreach team will have a crisis intervention team officer, a paramedic, a mental health specialist and a homeless outreach specialist
Last year, the Chattanooga Fire Department received 1,320 calls for non-emergency citizen assists, which include lift assists
The Community Resource Paramedic program is a collaborative effort between the fire department and other area organizations that aims to reduce 911 calls and hospital visits
Certified community paramedics are improving patient health care and reducing costs through community home visits
Ascension Health Inc.'s Michigan operation is joining McLaren Health Care and Henry Ford Health System to create the largest mobile medical service partnership in the state
The role of EMS medical directors in maintaining patient-focused care as CMS reimbursement models adapt with ET3
Our co-hosts sit down with Jonathan Washko, assistant vice president for the Center of Emergency Medical Services, to talk about his recent research involving a four-year community paramedic study
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is becoming an option for critical cardiac care in the prehospital environment thanks to advances in technology
Leaders said the program in its first six years has produced measurable results, including lower costs by helping people avoid intensive medical services they don’t need
Each of the city’s five fire stations has one or two ambulances and is staffed by at least one paramedic and one firefighter/EMT
My Care Community is a partnership among 20 area agencies to share patient information and streamline client referrals through an electronic system called TAVConnect
Data analysis is important to evaluating MIH programs, but it will never show the whole picture of community paramedicine success
