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Return to all articles Return to previous page Trained Paramedics Provide Ongoing Support to Frequent 911 Callers, Reducing Use of Ambulance and Emergency Department Services Resource Type: Articles Case Studies 0 Comments This article chronicles the innovative services of a TX emergency medical service provider that uses mobile health care paramedics to provide in-home and telephone support to patients at risk for potentially preventable hospitalizations. The group has implemented special protocols for their patients with COPD. Results and implementation processes -- including pilot testing, training and key partnerships -- are included. View Resource Citation: Zavadsky, M. Trained Paramedics Provide Ongoing Support to Frequent 911 Callers, Reducing Use of Ambulance and Emergency Department Services. AHRQ website. https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/trained-paramedics-provide-ongoing-support-frequent-911-callers-reducing-use-ambulance-and. Published January 2012. Updated May 2015. Accessed March 19, 2020. ambulatory care care coordination caregiver & community co-morbidities evaluation & quality improvement exacerbations hospice hospitalization patient education patient experience post-acute care prevention promising practices readmission risk stratification telehealth treatment No Comments You need to login to comment.
Return to all articles Return to previous page Trained Paramedics Provide Ongoing Support to Frequent 911 Callers, Reducing Use of Ambulance and Emergency Department Services Resource Type: Articles Case Studies 0 Comments This article chronicles the innovative services of a TX emergency medical service provider that uses mobile health care paramedics to provide in-home and telephone support to patients at risk for potentially preventable hospitalizations. The group has implemented special protocols for their patients with COPD. Results and implementation processes -- including pilot testing, training and key partnerships -- are included. View Resource Citation: Zavadsky, M. Trained Paramedics Provide Ongoing Support to Frequent 911 Callers, Reducing Use of Ambulance and Emergency Department Services. AHRQ website. https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/trained-paramedics-provide-ongoing-support-frequent-911-callers-reducing-use-ambulance-and. Published January 2012. Updated May 2015. Accessed March 19, 2020. ambulatory care care coordination caregiver & community co-morbidities evaluation & quality improvement exacerbations hospice hospitalization patient education patient experience post-acute care prevention promising practices readmission risk stratification telehealth treatment No Comments You need to login to comment.
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