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11. Defining Community Paramedicine - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Learn what community paramedicine is and the different components of a community paramedicine program.

...EMS program may be too costly to maintain. Standalone or third-party EMS. Some EMS...

12. Identifying a Consensus Set of EMS Agency Licensure Elements and Definitions to Support Rural EMS Data Collection - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Discusses gaps in data on rural emergency medical service (EMS) agencies and systems of care. Summarizes findings from a review of state EMS agency licensing applications and discussions from a panel of rural EMS experts. Identifies a consensus set of core EMS licensure elements and definitions for consideration by state EMS authorities in order to enhance licensure application processes and align data collection efforts with other states.

...EMS Agency Licensure Elements and Definitions to Support Rural EMS Data Collection --- Discusses gaps in data...

13. Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future: A Service Chief's Guide to Creating Community Support of Excellence in EMS - Resources
Date: 2007

Identifies ideas that can be applied in rural and frontier EMS agencies to support rural EMS services. A companion document to the 2004 report, the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future.

...EMS --- Identifies ideas that can be applied in rural and frontier EMS agencies to support...

14. Community Paramedicine Models for Reducing Use of Emergency Resources - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Describes community paramedicine programs that focus on high utilizers and other patients who are not well-served by emergency medical service transportation to the emergency department.

...EMS) generally involve rapid response to the scene, life-saving or stabilizing measures, and then...

15. 2022 EMS Index: North Dakota Rural EMS Counts - Resources
Date: 2022

Presents data on rural-relevant EMS quality measures for North Dakota, focusing on cardiac, stroke, pain, vitals, and safety using 2021 data from the North Dakota State EMS Repository. Compares metrics in each focal area to national rates.

...EMS Index: North Dakota Rural EMS Counts --- Presents data on rural-relevant EMS quality measures...

16. EMS Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents: A Description of the EMS Responses to Multiple Casualty Incidents in Minnesota, 2014 - 2016 - Resources
Date: 2018

Analyzes emergency medical services (EMS) data to describe multiple casualty incidents (MCIs) in Minnesota from 2014 through 2016. Includes data on MCIs by age, race, sex, rural versus urban areas, provider first impression, and more. Compares response time benchmarks for rural and urban incidents. Offers data describing rural EMS staffing challenges.

...EMS staffing challenges. --- View more EMS Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents: A Description of the EMS...

17. Opportunities to Provide Better Healthcare and Better Value - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Tom Nerhing, Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care (JCREC) and Division Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS and Trauma, shares how the changes in healthcare delivery can be an opportunity for emergency medical services to provide an even greater service to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS Care (JCREC) and Division Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS...

18. EMS Services in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities - Resources
Date: May 2018

Policy brief describing challenges for rural EMS providers, including workforce shortages and inconsistent funding. Features statistics including percentage of potentially excess deaths for 5 leading causes of death, with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and average EMS call time response and distribution of all-volunteer and all-paid staff EMS agencies, with breakdowns by 4 levels of population density. Discusses effects of the opioid crisis and Critical Access Hospital closures on provision of EMS services.

...EMS Services in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities --- Policy brief describing challenges for rural EMS...

19. Out on the Spokes: Mitigating the Impact of Rural Healthcare Transformation - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Kevin McGinnis, Program Manager with the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO), discusses rural EMS's options as services switch from a traditional form to the hub and spokes model. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS Officials (NASEMSO), discusses rural EMS's options as services switch from a traditional form...

20. The EMS Compact - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2024

Information on the agreement enabling emergency medical service (EMS) personnel licensed in Compact member states to cross state borders to practice and work in other Compact states without getting an EMS license in the remote state. Describes ways in which this agreement may enhance communities' responses to COVID-19 when local resources are reduced. Includes a map showing locations of EMS Compact states and contact information for each member state's Compact Commissioner.

...EMS Compact --- Information on the agreement enabling emergency medical service (EMS) personnel licensed in Compact...