Community Paramedicine

Community Paramedics Team Up with Hospitals to Reduce Readmissions

Community paramedics are checking in on patients recently discharged from the hospital, reducing their likelihood of readmission.

Community Paramedics Hit the Streets in Stanislaus County: An Early Look

Paramedics can help people in crisis without a ride to the ER. Stanislaus County's community paramedics show the challenges they overcome to deliver effective mental health care.

City of Alameda’s New Community Paramedics Use Compassion to Deliver Results

November 19, 2015

Mike DeWindt, Steve Lucero

Alameda is one of 13 California jurisdictions that created a community paramedicine program this year under a state pilot program. Two paramedics explain how it works.

Community Paramedicine: A Promising Model for Integrating Emergency and Primary Care

Kenneth Kizer, Karen Shore

Can paramedics improve the efficiency of emergency resources and enhance access to primary care for the medically underserved through a new model of care called "community paramedicine"?