Developing the Community Paramedicine Needs Assessment Tool [PDF]
Nursing ReportsBackground/Objectives: Community paramedicine programs have existed since the early 2000s, and while resource optimization remains a predominant driver, innovation in recent years demonstrates that when community paramedicine is integrated into ...
Tyne M. Markides +5 more
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Community paramedicine in Central Oregon: A promising model to reduce non‐urgent emergency department utilization among medically complex Medicaid beneficiaries [PDF]
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023 Background Community paramedicine has emerged as a promising model to redirect persons with nonmedically emergent conditions to more appropriate and less expensive community‐based health care settings.
Jessica Currier +5 more
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The development of community paramedicine; a restricted review [PDF]
Health and Social Care in the Community, 2022 Community paramedic roles are expanding internationally, and no review of the literature could be found to guide services in the formation of community paramedicine programmes. For this reason, the aim of this restricted review was to explore and better understand the successes and learnings of community paramedic programmes across five domains being ...
Brett Williams +2 more
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Adapting the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) program to a remote northern First Nation community: a qualitative study of community members’ and local health care providers’ views [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023 The views of community Elders and health care providers in a rural remote First Nation community in Ontario, Canada on their health care landscape and adapting the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) Program to their community are presented. Key
Amelia Keenan +5 more
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Community paramedicine in dementia care [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyAbstract Background Novel hospital diversion strategies are needed to support a growing number of patients with dementia living in the community. One promising model is community paramedicine (CP), which deploys paramedics to the home, who consult with a physician to coordinate treatment and ...
Colby Parsons
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The role of community paramedicine in fall prevention: A SWOT analysis [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023 Abstract Background Millions of older US adults fall annually, leading to catastrophic injuries, over 32,000 deaths and healthcare costs of over $55 billion. This study evaluated perceived benefits and limitations of using community paramedicine for fall prevention strategies from the lens of ...
Deb Kegelmeyer
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a community paramedicine programme for low-income seniors living in subsidised housing: the community paramedicine at clinic programme (CP@clinic) [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) programme compared with usual care in seniors residing in subsidised housing.Design A cost–utility analysis was conducted within a large pragmatic cluster ...
Lehana Thabane, Daria O'Reilly
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Development and Implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in Rural United States [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Community paramedicine (CP) is an innovative care model focused on medical management for patients suffering from chronic diseases or other conditions that result in over-utilization of healthcare services.
Lucas A. Myers +9 more
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An examination of the emerging field of community paramedicine: a national cross-sectional survey of community paramedics [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Community Paramedicine is an evolving community-based model that expands paramedic roles from emergency and transport care to a focus on non-emergent and preventive health services tailored to local community needs.
Chinyere Mma Okoh +5 more
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Community paramedicine: cost–benefit analysis and safety evaluation in paramedical emergency services in rural areas – a scoping review [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objective To examine the current knowledge and possibly identify gaps in the knowledge base for cost–benefit analysis and safety concerning community paramedicine in rural areas.Design Scoping review.Data sources MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane and ...
Hege Selnes Haugdahl +3 more
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