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Technology
Michigan HIE Targets Data Exchange Silos in Emergency Care
A pilot project coordinated by the Michigan Health Information Network aims to help hospitals share critical patient data with EMS...
Innovation
With Community Paramedicine, House Calls Are Making a Meaningful Comeback
Health Systems like Essentia Health are using specially trained EMS teams to help recently discharged patients and those with chronic...
Innovation
Maryland Hospital Touts Success of Community Paramedicine Program
The University of Maryland Medical Center's mobile integrated health community paramedicine (MIH-CP) program, which sends specially trained paramedics to the...
CMO
As Hospitals Fill Up, Paramedics Spend More Time Moving Patients, Less on Emergencies
In recent years, interfacility transports or transfers, also known as IFTs, have become increasingly common for GVH Paramedics, forcing the...
CEO
Violent Colorado Arrest Puts Spotlight on How Police Treat Disabled People
Training on how to interact with disabled people varies, but the basics include identifying such individuals early in an encounter...
CEO
After a Deadly Year on the Roads, States Push for Safety Over Speed
States are grappling with how to reduce traffic deaths, a problem that has worsened over the past 10 years but...
CEO
The Emergency 911 System Where Callers Still Don't Always Get Proper CPR Instructions
It's taken two years and $1.2 million to get Rhode Island's 911 system ready to provide CPR and other medical...