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Community paramedicine is growing in impact and potential [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018
[See related article at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.170740][2]][2] KEY POINTS Increasingly, paramedics are being recognized as uniquely positioned to support sustainable and high-quality health care delivery to Canada’s aging population.
Samir K. Sinha, Michael Nolan, Katherine E. Nolan   +2 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

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, Pauneez Sadri, Francine Marzanek, Melissa Pirrie, Ricardo Angeles, Gina Agarwal   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Examining consensus for a standardised patient assessment in community paramedicine home visits: a RAND/UCLA-modified Delphi Study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective Community paramedicine programme are often designed to address repeated and non-urgent use of paramedic services by providing patients with alternatives to the traditional ‘treat and transport’ ambulance model of care.
Gina Agarwal, Matthew S Leyenaar, Ryan P Strum, Alan M Batt, Samir Sinha, Michael Nolan, Walter Tavares, Andrew P Costa   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Community Paramedicine Intervention Reduces Hospital Readmission and Emergency Department Utilization for Patients with Cardiopulmonary Conditions [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Objective: Patients discharged from the hospital with diagnoses of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure or acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have high rates of readmission. We sought to quantify the impact of a
Aaron Burnett, Sandi Wewerka, Paula Miller, Ann Majerus, John Clark, Landon Crippes, Tia Radant   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Reshaping healthcare delivery for elderly patients: the role of community paramedicine; a systematic review [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Healthcare systems are overloaded and changing. In response to growing demands on the healthcare systems, new models of healthcare delivery are emerging.
Julia van Vuuren, Brodie Thomas, Gina Agarwal, Sean MacDermott, Leigh Kinsman, Peter O’Meara, Evelien Spelten   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

A qualitative RE-AIM evaluation of an embedded community paramedicine program in an Ontario Family Health Team [PDF]

BMC Primary Care
Background In 2014, a rural Family Health Team (FHT) in Ontario, Canada embedded a community paramedicine program into their primary care practice to improve care for their complex patients.
Sarisha Philip, Lauren Konikoff, Samuel Tiukuvaara, Tracey Izzard, Kyle Sitka, Ghislain Bercier, Kimberley Hewton, Barry Bruce, Mark Fraser, Karen Ferguson, Chris LeBouthillier, Courtney Maskerine, Krystal Kehoe MacLeod   +12 more
doaj   +3 more sources

“They’re very passionate about making sure that women stay healthy”: a qualitative examination of women’s experiences participating in a community paramedicine program [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Community paramedicine programs (i.e., physician-directed preventive care by emergency medical services personnel embedded in communities) offer a novel approach to community-based health care. Project Swaddle, a community paramedicine program
Laura M. Schwab-Reese, Lynette M. Renner, Hannah King, R. Paul Miller, Darren Forman, Joshua S. Krumenacker, Andrea L. DeMaria   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Physician perspectives of the community paramedicine at clinic (CP@clinic) and my care plan app (myCP app) for older adults [PDF]

BMC Primary Care
Background Community Paramedicine (CP) is an emerging model of care addressing health problems through non-emergency services. Little evidence exists examining the integration of an app for improved patient, CP, and family physician (FP) communication ...
Pauneez Sadri, Amelia Keenan, Ricardo Angeles, Francine Marzanek, Melissa Pirrie, Gina Agarwal   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of community paramedicine programs in achieving vaccination equity: a qualitative study [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Mobile Integrated Health-Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) is a novel approach that may reduce the rural-urban disparity in vaccination uptake in the United States.
Monica L. Kasting, Alfu Laily, Sidney J. Smith, Sathveka Sembian, Katharine J. Head, Bukola Usidame, Gregory D. Zimet, Laura M. Schwab-Reese   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Effectiveness of the community paramedicine at home (CP@home) program for frequent users of emergency medical services in Ontario: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Objective To evaluate the impact of the Community Paramedicine at Home (CP@home) program, a community paramedicine home-visit intervention, on reducing emergency medical services (EMS) calls among frequent users.
Gina Agarwal, Ricardo Angeles, Jasdeep Brar, Melissa Pirrie, Francine Marzanek, Brent McLeod, Lehana Thabane   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources