Telemedicine

Often, transportation is a barrier to receiving healthcare, which means EMS become that transportation even when the medical problem itself is non-urgent. Telemedicine, using technology to connect patients to healthcare practitioners remotely, can be used to triage patients, decreasing non-emergent ambulance transports, or to enable a higher level of care when access or distance prevent physical assessment.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting the healthcare system, telehealth and telemedicine solutions have been implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to prevent unnecessary transports and strain on healthcare resources.

Telemedicine will shape the future of EMS as healthcare moves to adopt the ET3 model, allowing for EMS reimbursement for treatment-in-place and transport to alternative destinations. (Photo/Getty Images)

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