| Title | Mobile Integrated Health Care - Community Paramedicine: A Resource for Community-Dwelling People at Risk for Needing Long-Term Care |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Coffman, JM, LaFrance, A |
| Institution | UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care |
| City | S |
| Keywords | community health services, Community Paramedicine, patient care |
| Abstract | Issue: Mobile integrated healthcare-community paramedicine (MIH-CP) is a new model of care that trains paramedics to deliver a broader range of services than traditional emergency response and transport of people to emergency departments (ED). Some MIH-CP programs servesenior citizens and/or younger persons with debilitating chronic conditionswho are at risk of needing long-term care (LTC). This report summarizes the findings of a landscape analysis and presents four examples of MIH-CP programs that serve these persons. |
