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1. Emergency Medical Services Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach - Resources
Date: Jun 2000

Shares a vision for an emergency medical services (EMS) education system that emphasizes the integration of EMS within the overall healthcare system. Discusses a systems approach to EMS education to enhance consistency of instructional quality. Identifies limitations of EMS education and proposed solutions.

...EMS) education system that emphasizes the integration of EMS within the overall healthcare system. Discusses...

2. National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Presque Isle, Maine, September 9-11, 2001 - Resources
Date: Sep 2001

Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: an update from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, a report being prepared on the rural safety net, federal emergency medical services (EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services.

...EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services. --- View more National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human...

3. Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas: The Supporting Role of State EMS Agencies - Resources
Date: Feb 2002

Reports on a survey of state EMS directors regarding access to rural EMS, programs and initiatives by state EMS agencies that target rural and volunteer EMS providers, integration initiatives by rural EMS providers, issues in medical direction for rural EMS, and anticipated effects of the new Medicare fee schedule on rural EMS providers.

...EMS Agencies --- Reports on a survey of state EMS directors regarding access to rural EMS...

4. Essential Research Issues in Rural Health: The State Rural Health Directors' Perspective - Resources
Date: Mar 2002

Focuses on the key issues confronting state rural health directors. The major research issues identified were workforce, mental health, EMS, telemedicine, and a lack of local data.

...EMS, telemedicine, and a lack of local data. --- View more Essential Research Issues in Rural...

5. Rural Communities and Emergency Preparedness - Resources
Date: Apr 2002

Discusses rural considerations in emergency preparedness. Covers involvement of State Offices of Rural Health in bioterrorism preparedness. Discusses rural public health and EMS preparedness issues.

...EMS preparedness issues. --- View more Rural Communities and Emergency Preparedness Link View Resource Description Discusses...

6. A Synthesis of State Flex Program Plans 2003-2004 - Resources
Date: May 2004

Describes trends in state activities for the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program). Includes an overview and specific state examples for different aspects of the Flex program, including rural health planning, Critical Access Hospital designation, EMS, quality improvement, and health information technology.

...EMS, quality improvement, and health information technology. --- View more A Synthesis of State Flex Program...

7. Investigating Rural Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Infrastructure: A Developmental Methodology for Measuring the Availability of EMS Resources - Resources
Date: Aug 2004

Explores a potential indicator of EMS availability, Expected Annual Emergency Miles per Ambulance (EXAMB). Illustrates how EXAMB could be applied using ambulance availability data from five states: Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming. Includes policy and research recommendations.

...EMS) Infrastructure: A Developmental Methodology for Measuring the Availability of EMS Resources --- Explores a potential...

8. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Activities Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program - Resources
Date: Feb 2006

Describes the EMS-related projects that states proposed to conduct in fiscal year 2004-2005 as part of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.

...EMS) Activities Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program --- Describes the EMS-related projects...

9. Emergency Medical Services in Frontier Areas: Volunteer Community Organizations - Resources
Date: Apr 2006

Provides information on paid and volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers in frontier and rural areas. Discusses challenges facing volunteer EMS systems and provides examples of different types of programs from several states.

...EMS) workers in frontier and rural areas. Discusses challenges facing volunteer EMS systems and provides...

10. Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future: A Service Chief's Guide to Creating Community Support of Excellence in EMS - Resources
Date: 2007

Identifies ideas that can be applied in rural and frontier EMS agencies to support rural EMS services. A companion document to the 2004 report, the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future.

...EMS --- Identifies ideas that can be applied in rural and frontier EMS agencies to support...