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Date: Feb 4, 2026
Describes proposed policy to increase emergency medical service (EMS) reimbursement rates in Kentucky. Highlights long response times across the state, particularly for rural residents, and the strain that underfunding puts on EMS workforce. Source: Kentucky Lantern.
...EMS Reimbursements Increased to Address Shortages --- Describes proposed policy to increase emergency medical service (EMS...
Date: Oct 2014
Describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response in the aftermath of a wildfire, in which patients and providers were cut off from hospitals, 911 coverage, and power. Shows the importance of advanced preparedness and planning by rural EMS agencies.
...EMS agencies. --- How EMS in Rural Methow Valley, Washington, Coped with a Devastating Wildfire Describes...
Date: Oct 2016
Examines the emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols practiced in ambulance agencies in Oregon. Focuses on how they align with evidence-based practices for EMS treatment for adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction), and stroke. Includes rural/urban comparisons.
...EMS Systems of Care Protocols for Adults with OHCA, STEMI & Stroke in Oregon: A Structured...
Date: Nov 2022
Provides an overview of issues related to the provision of emergency medical services (EMS) in rural areas. Discusses rural EMS access, financing, and workforce challenges, as well as promising telehealth innovations. Outlines federal programs and resources that support EMS programs. Offers policy recommendations related to access to EMS, workforce, and reimbursement.
...EMS) in rural areas. Discusses rural EMS access, financing, and workforce challenges, as well as promising...
Date: Nov 2017
Policy brief describing the emergency medical service (EMS) assessment projects and tools implemented by five State Flex Programs in Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin to improve the integration of EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations to improve local and regional EMS capacity and performance.
...EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations...
Date: May 2019
Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS) in Minnesota are trained to assess, manage, and treat patients experiencing time critical events, such as trauma, stroke, ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or sudden cardiac arrest. Includes time critical event statistics for each rural EMS region.
...EMS Sustainability Survey --- Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS...
Date: May 2022
Discusses the challenges experienced by rural emergency medical services (EMS) providers and ways to promote positive mental health. Includes commentary on Flex Programs and their role in supporting EMS providers. Transcript available below description.
...EMS Webinar --- Discusses the challenges experienced by rural emergency medical services (EMS) providers and ways...
Reviewed: Dec 3, 2025
Summary information for the organization National Association of EMS Physicians, including related information from this organization listed on the RHIhub website.
...EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) --- Summary information for the organization National Association of EMS Physicians, including related...
Date: Jan 2020
Video detailing how Dixie County, Florida used supplemental Flex funding to improve reporting quality data collection of its rural emergency medical services (EMS). Explores the way the county used the supplement funding to improve the rate of data collection and data quality of the county's EMS.
...EMS. --- EMS in Dixie County, Florida: Driving Data for Improved Health Video detailing how Dixie...
Date: Jun 2023
Results of a study in which 17 key informant experts shared their perspectives on how the emergency medical services (EMS) and community paramedicine (CP) workforces responded to COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic. Also describes how the pandemic has affected EMS and CP. Features statistics on participant characteristics, with breakdowns by rural and urban locations.
...EMS and Community Paramedic Workforces Respond to COVID-19 --- Results of a study in which...