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.
Agencies and government officials must evaluate performance expectations and funding to determine appropriate EMS delivery models
Finally, reimbursement for community paramedic home visits on the horizon
A new Las Cruces, New Mexico, program aims to better serve community members experiencing mental health emergencies
Review the evidence for nine clinical applications for field ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor critically ill patients
The department is testing a community paramedicine program that will focus on improving patient outcomes by reducing non-emergency 911 calls
United Rescue launched the first community-based emergency response program in the United States
EMS personnel are working to identify people in the homeless districts with health needs so they can be treated before a trip to the emergency room becomes necessary
The mobile medic unit would allow a light truck with a paramedic to respond to low-emergency calls instead of an ambulance; state regulators initially shut the program down
EMS medical directors discuss integrated health care programs to serve frequent 911 callers at Gathering of Eagles
Some paramedics are focusing on keeping patients out of the emergency room, rather than taking them there
The program pairs paramedics with the Public Health Department Homeless Outreach Team to reduce 911 calls from the city’s homeless people
The two year grant-funded initiative aims to reduce repeat hospital visits and improve quality care for patients
The Medic2Medic podcast interviews Greg Friese, EMS1 editor-in-chief, about his EMS career, community paramedicine and provider safety
The $157,970 grant will allow the Crawfordsville Fire Department the chance to get the state’s Community Paramedic Pilot Program off the ground
The Promoting Innovation in EMS project has released a national framework with recommendations for promoting innovation in EMS for public comment
An expert panel at the NAEMSP pre-conference explored data, regulations, policy, financing and sustainability for EMS administrators and medical directors implementing MIH or CP programs
EMS providers visit mental health patients at home accompanied by a social worker to reduce calls to 911
MedStar Health will give patients the option to request an Uber to go to their health care appointments
Eight Ohio first responders were trained to look for and mitigate unsafe sleep conditions while on routine calls
Can Uber really be a legitimate alternative to 911-based EMS and mobile integrated health?
The CP-C is the fourth specialty certification exam developed by the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification
The two-year pilot program focuses on patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure
A $1 million grant will fund a more efficient program in several Washington communities for the next three years
The first 50 volunteers from United Rescue just graduated from the program, inspired by the United Hatzalah of Israel model
Co-hosts Chris and Kelly discuss the week’s news, including that of a man calling an Uber after getting shot
The program integrates an improved dispatch system with a community paramedicine service
Enhanced EMS System aims to reduce hospital readmissions for chronically ill and frequent 911 users
Ed Gilbertson tells his personal and professional journey from EMT to medic to nurse to director of the MEMS community paramedic program
The proposal calls for a test for EMTs to be licensed as community veteran emergency medical technicians under the direction of a doctor or physician’s assistant
The program cut ER visits in half and ambulance rides by 40 percent
The on-demand ride service is able to deliver mass vaccination, preventative care and layperson first aid in a way that EMS can’t match
