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.
How to take action to motivate payers to reimburse EMS for MIH
Boston-based Cataldo Ambulance’s Ron Quaranto discusses leading a large EMS organization through the pandemic, recruitment and retention, and vaccine mandates
Greg Friese turns the tables by interviewing host Rob Lawrence about how his Royal Army Medical Corps service has influenced his leadership through 30 years of EMS
The new Nurse Health Line has been a huge success, and the Reno, Nev. program is well on the way to becoming sustainable and a model for other agencies
State-specific restrictions, Medicare reimbursement, turf battles and public and patient acceptance must be tackled for any program to be successful
The two-year grant put two full-time community paramedics on the street for preventive and follow-up patient care
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson bring expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
Grants, hospitals and third-party payers will off set the community paramedicine program
The plan calls for having physicians in dispatch centers to determine who needs transport to the ER
Proposals include a fall-prevention program, follow-up care after hospital discharges, and partnerships with nonprofit social service agencies
The program has also resulted in a 7 percent decrease in trips to the emergency department
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson bring expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
If everything goes as planned, firefighters will see fewer calls for emergency services, and will take fewer patients to emergency rooms
Although EMS is never mentioned in the ACA, the law has several revenue and service opportunities for fire-based EMS
Programs have been popping up throughout the state to find more efficient ways to treat non-emergency patients
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Videos of technical rescues, tactical medics, and raging fires overshadow the realistic expectations of our profession
Firefighters will check-up on patients as part of a new pilot program to help reduce readmissions
As community paramedicine continues to grow, the American Nurses Association released standards for working together to provide quality services
Research the needs of your community and partner with other health care agencies to shape a program around solving a shared goal
Existing programs have already led to a 50 percent reduction in 911 calls from those getting the service
He’ll look for solutions such as installing handrails or connecting patients to social service organizations to cut down on hospital visits
Virtually every EMS provider has seen patients with poorly managed diabetes — and herein lies a market
Cuts to vaccination and screening programs mean a bump in service calls — how do we capitalize?
The Dallas paramedicine pilot shows how EMS is evolving — we must change with the times
Improving the profession of EMS may seem an impossible dream, but nothing worth achieving is easy
Funding may be just around the corner, so start exploring options now
Taking patient history for elderly patients can reveal actual hunger or risk factors for going hungry
Maine Emergency Medical Services Board will be reviewing proposals for pilot sites and where they will be approved
Learn the role emergency responders play in treating and transporting patients who call 911 for help
Real solutions will take guts and time to implement, but are well worth considering
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