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.
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SPOTLIGHT ON AI
As artificial intelligence advances from simple automation to autonomous systems, EMS agencies must learn how to adopt the technology responsibly without sacrificing accountability, ethics or patient care
Innovation requires redesigned workflows, accountability and operations
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
At NEMSMA’s leadership conference, Dr. Brent Myers makes the case that waiting for federal guidance is a losing strategy — and local governance is the only path forward.
From NEMSAC fallout to WHO recognition, Kupas unpacks the moments that defined his presidency — and previews how the annual meeting will push EMS forward
Closing out the year with a rapid-fire look at what frontline providers are really saying — from spinal immobilization, to swiping through microlearning
From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system
How Dr. Shannon Gollnick wants EMS to work smarter, not harder
From wearables to voice assistants, a new wave of device-initiated calls is changing how dispatchers respond — and why better tech and training are crucial now
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
We laugh about our own fatigue-related episodes, but such gallows humor belittles the real issue that lies beneath
Fire Chief Gary Ludwig will discuss the critical role fire departments play in the fast-changing health care system at Fire-Rescue Med conference in May
Expand your knowledge of EMS care beyond rote memorization and you’ll soon realize that you are rarely withholding care
For every action in EMS there are consequences — sometimes positive and sometimes negative — but sometimes you do what you gotta do
Transport is a field-care intervention that has to be delivered at the appropriate time, to the appropriate patient in the appropriate transport unit
These are universal strategies for effective emails, social media posts, text messages and official reports
Expect more oversight of EMS billing through post-payment audits and increased investigations, prosecution
Here is why paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to have a drug-free workplace policy to restrict EMS provider marijuana use
Follow this planning process to ensure the benefits of a new EMS software application are fully realized