HealthLeaders Media October 3, 2023
Health Systems like Essentia Health are using specially trained EMS teams to help recently discharged patients and those with chronic care needs stay out of the hospital.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– 30-day readmissions and rehospitalizations cost health systems millions of dollars a year in preventable expenses.
– Health systems are using mobile integrated health programs like community paramedicine to visit patients in their home, offering primary and preventive care services to those who would otherwise wait until they need emergency care.
– Essentia Health has seen its 30-day readmission rate cut in half since implementing community paramedicine in 2014 and has reduced hospitalizations within three months of discharge, and is now attracting interest from payers eager to contain chronic care management...
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