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Following this webinar, participants were be able to: List sources of EMS data and recognize common obstacles related to accessing EMS data. Recall how baselines are established. Discuss how outputs and outcomes are different, and give examples of how to measure project outcomes.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency EMS Outcomes and Impact.

Describe issues associated with rural EMS providers that can affect their mental wellness. Recognize ways that rural EMS providers can be resilient through unpredictable circumstances. Recall ways for rural ambulance services to cultivate support to foster mental resilience. Explain how Flex Programs could support a resilient rural EMS workforce.

This webinar playback focuses on the Sustainable Rural EMS: Navigating Change guide. This guide can assist rural communities in navigating a change from unsustainable volunteer EMS and ambulance service models to those that are sustainable.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency EMS Operations and Processes.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Leadership.

Learn how one county in Iowa, with three independent ambulance services, completed a multi-year process to address their broken EMS system using Flex Program funding.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Workforce.

EMS assists communities with ensuring access to, and availability of, emergency care. The DRCHSD Program goal is to help create a local coordinated system of care that includes community joint partners working in collaboration with first responders and leaders for our participating health care organizations.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Strategic Planning.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Data, Collection, Management, and Analysis.

In this video, one rural ambulance service shares the value realized in reporting and using data to improve organizational culture. They share their enhanced ability to identify improvement opportunities that move the needle on health outcomes for their patients, such as Community Paramedicine and an antibiotic protocol for sepsis.

View resources related to the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness core competency Patients, Partners, and the Community.

Avera Holy Family Hospital partnered with four emergency medical service EMS programs, the police department, and public health in a three-year continuous quality improvement project. This project engaged EMS and hospital systems of care with collaborative prevention initiatives, data collection and evaluation, ongoing protocol development, and training.

Hansford County Hospital District collaborated with Northwest Central Texas EMS Resources, Inc. to create a program that arms registered nurses with the knowledge and training of an emergency medical technician with a class titled RN to Basic.

This report is designed to help rural EMS leaders and health care providers during the transition to value-based payment, providing ideas for collaboration and potential strategies to better prepare and integrate into the new value-based environment.

Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital was recognized for innovation in emergency medical services (EMS). In 2014, health care providers serving residents of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, came together to create the Community Healthcare Integrated Paramedicine Project (CHIPP).