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21. Mobile Telehealth Units and Care Coordinators Improve Emergency Care Services for Rural Arizona Patients - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 7, 2019

To address rising ER readmissions, an Arizona healthcare system and network partners adapted an unconventional EMS telehealth service to help rural patients. Coupled with care coordination, mobile telehealth units are saving the healthcare system money while better meeting patients' healthcare needs. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS telehealth service to help rural patients. Coupled with care coordination, mobile telehealth units are saving...

22. The EMS Compact - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Information on the agreement enabling emergency medical service (EMS) personnel licensed in Compact member states to cross state borders to practice and work in other Compact states without getting an EMS license in the remote state. Describes ways in which this agreement may enhance communities' responses to COVID-19 when local resources are reduced. Includes a map showing locations of EMS Compact states and contact information for each member state's Compact Commissioner.

...EMS Compact --- Information on the agreement enabling emergency medical service (EMS) personnel licensed in Compact...

23. Community Paramedicine Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Jan 14, 2026

Provides information, resources, and answers frequently asked questions related to community paramedicine. Covers benefits and challenges community paramedicine programs in rural communities, defines the role of community paramedics, discusses education and licensure requirements requirements for community paramedic providers, and program funding. Includes community paramedicine models and existing program examples.

...EMS) as an access point to care for non-emergency healthcare needs when other options...

24. Idaho Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - Resources
Reviewed: Sep 2025

A bureau within the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare offering information for EMS providers including resources on license applications, EMS rules and regulations, requirements for agency licensure and renewal, agency contacts and grant resources. Provides a discussion of the Idaho Community Health EMS (CHEMS) model and lists certification programs appropriate for CHEMS paramedics.

...EMS) --- A bureau within the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare offering information for EMS providers...

25. Promising Practice: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health Rallies EMS Providers in the State - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Describes how EMS Day at the Wisconsin capitol brought 50 local EMS agencies and two state EMS associations together to meet with state legislators and advocate for their support and recognition of their needs. This event developed out of an effort by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WI-ORH) to design and implement an assessment tool evaluating rural ambulance services within the state.

...EMS Day at the Wisconsin capitol brought 50 local EMS agencies and two state EMS...

26. 2019 Rural Emergency Care Integration Summit: Flex Program Support for Rural EMS: Moving from Loaded Miles to Value-Based Models - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Provides an overview of the March 2019 Rural Emergency Care Summit convened by the National Rural Health Resource Center. Explores the role of emergency medical services (EMS) as the healthcare system transitions from volume-based to value-based care. Addresses challenges to EMS and hospital collaboration and strategies for future integration. Discusses how Flex Programs could support rural EMS improvements.

...EMS improvements. --- 2019 Rural Emergency Care Integration Summit: Flex Program Support for Rural EMS: Moving...

27. 'Filling the Cracks': How a Rural Maine Community Kept its 24/7 Urgent Care Open with Paramedics - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 5, 2022

To keep 24/7 urgent care available in Maine's Moose River Valley, a new pilot program lets paramedics take shifts staffing the local health center after-hours and on weekends. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS as the spackle of healthcare: If there's a crack, you can use EMS...

28. Indiana EMS 2025 Report - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Reports on emergency medical services (EMS) in Indiana based on meetings throughout 2023 and 2024 with EMS stakeholders. Focuses on funding and sustainability, operations, education, training, and workforce. Includes discussion on EMS access in rural areas.

...EMS access in rural areas. --- Indiana EMS 2025 Report Reports on emergency medical services (EMS...

29. Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard - Resources
Reviewed: Jun 2025

Mapping dashboard that shows Emergency Medical Services activations related to heat illness. Includes data at the state and county level for the previous 14 and 30 days. Selecting the Disparity Explorer tab shows patient data related to EMS response time, rate of EMS activation, number of deaths, and EMS transportation for patients at the urban, suburban, rural, and frontier levels. Updated weekly.

...EMS response time, rate of EMS activation, number of deaths, and EMS transportation for patients...

30. Kansas EMS Education Incentive Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

Grants for licensed ambulance services in rural, frontier, and densely settled rural areas of Kansas to help with recruiting, training, and certifying ambulance EMS providers.

...EMS providers. --- Kansas EMS Education Incentive Grant Program This funding record is inactive . Please see the program...