The arguments for integrating EMS data and making it available through the electronic medical record (EMR) system include improving continuity of care, supporting medical decision making (MDM), and ...

[Miami, FL] — First Due, the leading provider of cloud-based solutions for fire and EMS agencies, announced that its State EMS Data Repository solution is now NEMSIS 3.5 Receive & Process compliant.

Communities struggled to fund basic EMS readiness. Large private providers exited long-held contracts, while smaller agencies ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly 4,000 EMS workers in northern Utah now have access to follow-up reports on patients they were first to treat. Usually, when EMS workers drop a patient off at the hospital, that ...

A discussion at the HIMSS 2023 Interoperability Showcase highlights the barriers to data transfer between ambulances and hospitals. As healthcare organizations learn to use technology to gather, store ...

(TNS) — When emergency medical workers are inbound to a hospital with a patient, seconds count. Any delay in communication, such as an EMS crew being too far from a radio tower, can result in a slower ...

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Emergency departments (EDs) across the country are facing unprecedented challenges. Visit numbers continue to rise — along with patient complexity — resulting in crowding and longer wait times. 1 As a ...

Chicago-based CommonSpirit’s Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo., has implemented real-time EMS-to-hospital communication technology to streamline and enhance cardiovascular care. The program utilizes a ...

A decade of city data reveals a troubling disparity: while firefighter injuries and collisions decline, EMS professionals ...