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31. 2019 Rural Emergency Care Integration Summit: Flex Program Support for Rural EMS: Moving from Loaded Miles to Value-Based Models - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Provides an overview of the March 2019 Rural Emergency Care Summit convened by the National Rural Health Resource Center. Explores the role of emergency medical services (EMS) as the healthcare system transitions from volume-based to value-based care. Addresses challenges to EMS and hospital collaboration and strategies for future integration. Discusses how Flex Programs could support rural EMS improvements.

...EMS improvements. --- 2019 Rural Emergency Care Integration Summit: Flex Program Support for Rural EMS: Moving...

32. Sustainable Rural EMS: Navigating Change - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Designed to help rural communities navigate a change from unsustainable volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) and ambulance service models to those that are sustainable. Intended to direct community leaders through change based on a stepped process that has been used in rural communities throughout the U.S. Includes information on how to assess whether a community has an EMS problem, ingredients needed to change, and a process to implement change to a more sustainable model of rural EMS.

...EMS. --- Sustainable Rural EMS: Navigating Change Designed to help rural communities navigate a change from...

33. Kansas EMS Education Incentive Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

Grants for licensed ambulance services in rural, frontier, and densely settled rural areas of Kansas to help with recruiting, training, and certifying ambulance EMS providers.

...EMS providers. --- Kansas EMS Education Incentive Grant Program Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services 785.296.7296 The Kansas...

34. Improving Rural Systems of Care for Time Critical Diagnoses: A Review of State Flex Program Activities - Resources
Date: Jan 2019

Examines state Flex program initiatives to improve time critical diagnoses (TCD) care systems and integrate rural emergency medical services (EMS) into area care systems, particularly Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Briefly describes what each of the 17 participating states did to collaborate with EMS stakeholders, enhance TCD capacity, support EMS training, provide technical assistance to local EMS agencies, and collect EMS and TCD data.

...EMS stakeholders, enhance TCD capacity, support EMS training, provide technical assistance to local EMS agencies...

35. Rural EMS Workforce: A Call to Action - Resources
Date: Feb 2021

Policy brief discussing rural emergency medical services (EMS) systems. Highlights challenges facing the rural EMS workforce, including the costs of training and reimbursement concerns. Outlines policy recommendations to strengthen rural EMS systems.

...EMS Workforce: A Call to Action --- Policy brief discussing rural emergency medical services (EMS) systems...

36. Expecting More Services for Less Compensation - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Diane Calmus, Government Affairs and Policy Manager at the National Rural Health Association, explores the need for a new hospital model to help rural communities gain and maintain access to emergency medical services. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS. But this cannot be expecting more services for less compensation. EMS plays an essential...

37. Ohio EMS Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Apr 1, 2026

Funding for Ohio EMS agencies for training of personnel, purchase of equipment and vehicles, or research related to EMS practices and procedures.

...EMS Grant Program --- Funding for Ohio EMS agencies for training of personnel, purchase of equipment...

38. Kentucky EMS Leadership Academy - Funding
Deadline: Oct 31, 2025

A 6-month educational opportunity designed to provide members of the emergency medical services (EMS) profession in Kentucky with the knowledge and skills necessary to take on significant roles and responsibilities in organizations.

...EMS field Participation in the academy is open to all EMS professionals working throughout Kentucky...

39. The Training Pipeline for EMS Personnel in South Carolina - Resources
Date: Jun 2019

Results of a 2017-2018 survey of all South Carolina institutions and regional EMS training centers that prepare students to take national EMS certification exams. Features county-level maps showing numbers of graduates of programs for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs (AEMTs), and paramedics, with breakdowns by rural or urban location.

...EMS training centers that prepare students to take national EMS certification exams. Features county-level...

40. Telemedicine in Rural EMS: Expanding Capabilities and Scope - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Discusses the integration of telemedicine and emergency medical services (EMS) for improving rural health outcomes by connecting EMS with trauma specialists and expanding what is available as prehospital care. Describes the workforce, equipment, and infrastructure needs.

...EMS: Expanding Capabilities and Scope --- Discusses the integration of telemedicine and emergency medical services (EMS...