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.
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
Have EMS operations failed to keep up with the growing complexity demanded by the communities we serve?
Chief David Lewis and Kyle Gaines join the podcast to discuss a successful MIH initiative getting patients to treatment counselors
Sharing data across EMS agencies is one of the most effective ways to combat the opioid crisis in communities
Onslow County EMS’s community paramedicine program was recognized by the National Association of Counties for working with frequent callers to address their issues
Innovative community paramedicine programs may offer a strategy to evolve EMS response from resuscitation to a recovery-oriented system of care
Starting in mid-June, a New Orleanian who needs a doctor but doesn’t have an emergency will be able to call the Ready Responders rather than an ambulance
The hospital sees a paramedicine program as a way to cut down hospital readmissions, which are reimbursed at a lower rate by Medicare and Medicaid
Rideshare services are offering same day service, 24/7 availability and provider billing
Julie Lahr, who has been in EMS for 16 years, said she started thinking outside the box after realizing the impact community paramedics and mental health specialists could make in the field
Tucson Collaborative Community Care aims to decrease transports for people with chronic issues by sending a crew of two firefighters, a paramedic and a social worker
The Rapid City Fire Department now deploys one paramedic in an SUV to calls that are not as urgent so that an ambulance unit is kept available
Last year, the city spent nearly $500,000 to staff a 12th ambulance because of a steep increase in the number of people dialing 911
AFD Capt. Emily Jaramillo said Community EMS Care program will allow paramedics and EMTs to respond in more expanded roles to under-served communities
About a dozen paramedics in Ottawa have begun treating elderly flu patients at the nursing home to prevent trips to the hospital
EMS can be a major player in clinical medicine, operational delivery and healthcare changes, decreasing morbidity and mortality
Kai Hjermstad was treated by first responders he had trained himself after collapsing in his garage
EMS sleep practices, the opioid epidemic, community paramedicine and patient transport mark some of the biggest issues to watch in 2018
Community paramedicine, patient transport, EMS safety, the opioid epidemic and professionalism shape the last year in EMS
Every EMS agency adopts innovations at a different pace; how has yours deployed community paramedicine?
Chief Porter R. Welch shares factors to consider before and while implementing a MIH-CP program
Governor Scott Walker signed a bill allowing EMS providers to make non-emergency house calls in order to cut down on health care costs
Pairing community paramedics with advanced practice providers for home visits to frequent utilizers decreased 911 volumes in a pilot program
Interested in learning more about the scope and growth of mobile integrated health and community paramedicine? Start right here
Rockland Paramedic Services will use the money to train paramedics in order to expand their role to post-hospital visits
In its second year, the EMS Trend Report describes revealing changes in clinical care, finance and the use of technology in EMS
AMR said the Resource Access Program is no longer in operation due to staffing shortages that lasted longer than anticipated
Research offers solutions to EMS providers’ hesitation regarding additional duties, hours and changing perception CP programs may bring
Our co-hosts talk about an opioid panel discussion, sponsored by EMS1 and BoundTree, at EMS World Expo 2017
Matt Zavadsky discusses mobile integrated healthcare program growth, sustainability and models for the future
Follow these 10 steps when treating pediatric cardiac arrest to save lives
