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“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   +2 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   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 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   +2 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   +2 more sources

Community paramedicine model of care: an observational, ethnographic case study [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background: Community paramedicine programs have emerged throughout North America and beyond in response to demographic changes and health system reform. Our aim was to identify and analyse how community paramedics create and maintain new role boundaries
M Ruest (14375760), P O'Meara (9877559), C Stirling (830617), Angela Martin (9497762)   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Realist evaluation of the community paramedicine at clinic (CP@clinic) programme in rural Australian community health: protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction The healthcare challenges associated with multimorbidity, population ageing and socioeconomic disadvantage are well known. This requires primary care services to adapt to greater population complexity and embrace new models of care.
Fan He, Gina Agarwal, Renee Sharples, Leigh Kinsman, Evelien Spelten, Louise Reynolds, Ruth Hardman, Laura Hemming   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The role of community paramedicine in fall prevention: A SWOT analysis. [PDF]

J Am Geriatr Soc, 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 ...
Quatman CE, Wiseman JM, Dickinson C, Leach MC, Hislop M, Kegelmeyer DA, Kloos AD, Quatman-Yates CC.   +7 more
europepmc   +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   +2 more sources

Patient flow and safety after implementing a community paramedicine service: a quasi-experimental study [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objective Community paramedicine services (CPSs) may alleviate the increasing pressure on emergency medical services (EMSs) but lack the capacity for patient transport.
Håvard Dalen, Odd Eirik Elden, Oddvar Uleberg, Bodil J Landstad, Emma Brulin   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources