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
Consider policy changes through the lens of quality improvement science before implementing new strategies in patient care
Three guidelines to follow if your agency is considering a policy to allow patient transport of seriously injured patients by means other than ambulance
An NREMT study demonstrates the factors that lead to attrition in EMS and areas important to EMS retention efforts
Behave, play nice and show some respect to strive for fellowship with doctors and nurses on hospital grounds
When it comes to respiratory distress calls in the field, EMS providers need to be aware they play a large part of the patient’s continuing care story
Our co-hosts discuss changing the focus of EMS education in order to teach today’s EMT and paramedic students
Submitting false EMS transport claims to Medicare for reimbursement is a violation of the False Claims Act
While EMS education and protocols are important, experience proves that every situation is different and nuanced
It’s important to brush up on protocols, equipment and other areas of EMS after taking some time away from the field