As AI tools move quickly from concept to deployment, EMS leaders face practical questions about value, risk and readiness. This series provides clear, applied guidance for chiefs, directors and agency leaders on how to evaluate and implement AI to support clinical care, reduce documentation burden, improve decision-making, streamline operations and simplify workforce management.
Real-time data, AI-powered insights and improved interoperability are helping EMS agencies reduce fragmentation, enhance situational awareness and improve responder safety
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
A full day pre-conference was dedicated to providing meaningful tools that NAEMSP Annual Meeting attendees could apply at their home agencies
A veteran EMS leader shares some of the most valuable leadership lessons he has learned in more than four decades of serving patients, communities and the profession
Does your agency’s quality assurance program practice the principles of Just Culture and learn from errors to influence improvement?
EMS can be a major player in clinical medicine, operational delivery and healthcare changes, decreasing morbidity and mortality
Separating community health care and 911 response will help distinguish EMS as first responders
A study on the keywords used in stroke 911 calls identifies a need for community education and the utility of EMD protocols
EMS sleep practices, the opioid epidemic, community paramedicine and patient transport mark some of the biggest issues to watch in 2018
What are your top personal and professional accomplishments and goals for the future?
Two economists conclude that Uber availability has reduced EMS ambulance transport by 7 percent in major U.S. cities