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.
If you’ve seen one community paramedicine program, then you’ve seen one program; here’s how successes from four different programs can be translated to new ones
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The program is focused on improving the lives of patients, lowering healthcare costs and using EMS providers as resources to solve healthcare problems
There was an almost 62 percent drop in emergency room visits and a 63 percent decrease in ambulance use by frequent flyers
Officials said the project is improving patient care and reducing unnecessary ER visits
Here are five research pearls from Cathy Hostettler, DNP after she studied MedStar’s Heart Failure Readmission Avoidance Program
Awareness of FirstNet’s interconnected broadband network for securing and improving public safety communication is increasing among EMS leaders
Individuals enrolled in the MIH program receive home visits from paramedics over a four-week period
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The study is the first independent evaluation of California’s 13 paramedicine pilot projects
The bill would establish a set of statewide standards for EMS providers to follow while administering care
The pilot project will help residents solve the larger, underlying problems in their lives — such as substance abuse or home hazards
A mobile stroke unit offers specially trained personnel and equipment which can provide remote diagnosis and evidence-based management to patients for definitive treatment
EMS providers make home visits within one week of overdoses, provide assistance to addicts and their families and try to link them to services
EMS providers will be able to email photos or videos to hospital officials before arriving
Handheld, portable blood analyzers used by community paramedics to assess heart failure patients and make prehospital care decisions
EMS providers can “Identify-Report-Refer” to help improve a patient’s health through strengthening the patient’s social connections
Community paramedics have an opportunity to change EMS response to overdose and addiction through application of harm reduction techniques
The unit will allow physicians to perform on-scene treatment outside the scope of a standard EMS provider
Under the new agreement, the hospital will hire a paramedic and EMT to handle transfers, 911 calls and other duties at the hospital
Leaders from established MIH/CP programs presented their most pressing issues at the NAEMSP conference
Officials said the vans will cost less than treating the state’s homeless residents at hospitals
The evolution of EMS has led to the rise of community paramedicine to address the patient and hospital need for mobile, integrated and high-quality health care
The program will serve as a six-month trial of how firefighters and paramedics can assist medical facilities with at-home patient care
Officials said many senior citizens are unable to leave their homes and struggle to feed their pets
Dramatic changes for EMS reimbursement are destined to happen regardless of the Republican repeal or replacement efforts targeting the Affordable Care Act
The organization is trying to formalize the health and safety checks its volunteers already conduct during their daily home visits to seniors
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