Why the Community Paramedic Program is Important for Future Health Care

The Eagle County Paramedic Services was recently highlighted in the Eagle Valley Enterprise as an exemplar case of the Community Paramedic program. The Community Paramedic program focuses on "preventative medicine. A Community Paramedic does not replace the specialized services available in a home health care model or physician office, but is an extension of a patient's primary health care."

The Eagle Valley Enterprise reports that in the time between September 2010 to June 2012, "47 physician visits, 15 ambulance transports, 13 ER visits, three hospital admissions/readmissions and 244 skilled nursing days were prevented." This translates into an estimated savings of $124,071 in health care costs.

To read more about the Community Paramedic program, as well as Eagle County Paramedic Services's hard work, please click here to access the Enterprise article. 

To read a separate article about Community Paramedics, produced by Health Leaders Media, please click here. 

-Way to go Eagle County Paramedic Services!-