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Left behind in California: comparing community paramedicine policies across states
Left behind in California: comparing community paramedicine policies across states
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (California HealthCare Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Coffman, Janet, author
Kwong, Connie, author - Contributor(s):
- California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Oakland, California] : California Health Care Foundation, November 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Allied Health Personnel -- legislation & jurisprudence
Emergency Medical Technicians -- legislation & jurisprudence
Community Health Workers
Scope of Practice -- legislation & jurisprudence
California
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Community paramedicine is a growing health care model in which emergency medical professionals such as paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) work beyond their traditional emergency care roles and provide nonemergency care. This model is based on local need and seeks to reduce unnecessary emergency department (ED) use and to connect underserved populations with health care resources. Services are integrated into local or regional health care systems and overseen by emergency and primary care physicians. Examples of services include furnishing posthospital follow-up care, providing health education programs, giving immunizations, and referring or transporting 911 callers to more appropriate care centers, such as mental health centers, sobering centers, primary care physicians' offices, or community health centers. This paper provides an overview of state laws governing community paramedicine across the United States, including laws describing their scope of practice, educational requirements, and reimbursement policies. Examining other states' policies can inform California's efforts to build upon its ongoing community paramedicine pilot project by enacting legislation that would authorize the practice of community paramedicine statewide.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101758697 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101758697