All across our
country, mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine
(MIH-CP) programs are showing hospitals and the wider healthcare
system that EMS is an important partner in improving the health of patients and
controlling the cost of care.
To give EMS
practitioners a vivid look at how MIH-CP programs work, NAEMT has created a
new, 8-minute video, "Transforming EMS: Mobile Integrated Healthcare
and Community Paramedicine." The video depicts:
- Mobile healthcare practitioners on-the-job,
providing patient care;
- Powerful interviews with patients, who describe
how mobile integrated healthcare has helped them improve their health - and
their lives; and
- Compelling interviews with hospital and home
healthcare executives, who believe it's critical to collaborate with EMS to
improve patients' health.
Filmed primarily in
Ft. Worth, Texas with footage from Wake County (N.C.) EMS and Allina Health EMS
in Minneapolis, the video gives EMS practitioners an inside look at a key trend
impacting our profession. The video is also a resource to share with those
outside EMS, such as government officials and potential healthcare partners, to
help them understand these innovations in EMS and our profession's commitment
to meet our nation's healthcare needs.
We encourage you
to watch the video and distribute the link widely to your co-workers, your
professional network, healthcare decision makers in your community, and your
elected government leaders so they too can understand the transformation
underway in EMS.
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