Integrated: the Community Paramedicine podcast Integrated

When EMS medical directors  are highly engaged with their paramedics and take on leadership roles crafting professional practice legislation to advance MIH, everyone wins. 

Charles Blankenship gives an update from the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine 2022 held in Orlando

Dr Judith Welsh, Chief Experience Officer and MIH Medical Director and Sean Lyons, Community Paramedic Supervisor and Project Manager for the Cleveland Clinic talking about what happens when one of the world's leading healthcare innovation institutions empowers paramedics as part of a multi-disciplinary team to help address clinical and social complexity 

John Mikula from the Transcare/Crisis Center of Tampa Bay MIH partnership talking about robust data integration, barriers to care focused interventions, and just a great look at a program successfully helping patients reduce their demand for emergency services and hospitalization.

First episode for 2021 and a great conversation with a couple of guys helping pioneer MIH in Wisconsin. Their focus on education, building on existing lessons learned from other programs, and integrated data collection are all excellent takeaways for those of you getting started.

Still getting caught up and great news this week as vaccines roll out. In all of this, possibly THE most important addition to the MIH team has been the pharmacist. Victoria Reinhartz, PharmD has been involved with a very progressive program since 2015 and the impact has been huge.