Colossal Fail – ET3! By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS, * What Happened? When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model as a nationwide demonstration program, I was excited. When speaking with my colleagues in the EMS industry, I gushed how I […]
Mobile Integrated Health – Community Paramedicine Show Me the Money! By Kim Sutton, BSN, CMTE * History of MIH Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine are models of healthcare delivery that utilize trained medical professionals that provide care to patients in their homes and communities. Historically, this was designed for rural health needs. Existing programs […]
The Community Paramedicine Model By Adam Patterson, CAD* with Victoria Reinhartz, PharmD, CPh** A fresh look at Mobile Integrated Health: As the entire EMS community focuses on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a couple of silver linings coming out of 2021. One could argue that the attention put on EMS services’ ability to […]
The Tale of Two Studies…and…COVID-19 Gesundheit! At this very moment, 365 days ago, if you would have looked at me and said “COVID-19”, I’d have said “gesundheit!” and handed you a tissue to wipe your nose. No pun intended (well maybe a little pun), but who in the world would have dared to guess that […]
