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On-demand webinar: Enhancing mobile integrated community health with care collaboration technology

Esteemed fire chief and EMS lieutenant share lessons learned from community paramedicine program

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Mobile integrated health and paramedicine programs enable EMS departments to better serve their communities by reducing the burden on 911 emergency response. This approach addresses gaps in care delivery while improving efficiency and outcomes.

Care collaboration technology can enhance these efforts with real-time access to medication histories and secure sharing of treatment data via text and telehealth.

Register for this on-demand webinar for first-hand perspectives on:

  • Lessons learned in starting and growing a community paramedicine program
  • Best practices for care collaboration with public and private healthcare providers
  • Value of care collaboration technology for informing treatment decisions at the point of care

WHAT ATTENDEES SHARED ABOUT THE EVENT


“The interaction between the moderator and the two presenters kept the topic flowing and covered all the basics of what needed to be presented for the topic.”

“Good and practical information with some nuts and bolts info.”

“I enjoyed hearing about the program and its inception to current challenges and how they were able to succeed.”

“Awesome content. Looking at starting up MICH within county. Lots of preliminary questions and concerns covered. “


MEET THE SPEAKERS

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Scott Wheatley, Assistant Deputy Chief of EMS, NRP, Queen Anne’s County Department of Emergency Services, has served with Fire, Rescue, and EMS departments since 1989. In addition to his current responsibilities as Assistant Chief of EMS for Queen Anne’s County, Scott also serves as an instructor at both the University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute and Chesapeake College.

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Zach Yerkie, Lieutenant, EMS, Queen Anne’s County Department of Emergency Services, is an EMS Lieutenant with the Queen Anne’s County Department of Emergency Services, where he serves as both an EMS shift supervisor and a supervisor of the departments Mobile Integrated Community Health Program. He also serves as the Chairmen of the Maryland MIH committee which reports to the Maryland State EMS Advisory Counsel. Lieutenant Yerkie holds a B.S. in Emergency Health Services from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.