Take your EMS-Hospital Relationship to the Next Level: It's Not a Date, It's a Marriage

Moderator:
Callie Kalna, MSHSA - Team Lead, Health System Solutions, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC

Speaker (s):
Michael Gunderson, EMT-P (Ret.) – President, Center for Systems Improvement, Madisonville, TN

Wayne W. Ruppert, CVT, NREMT-P – Director of Clinical Outreach and Cardiovascular Programs, Bayfront Health Hospitals, St. Petersburg, FL

Description:
In this session, learn from two veteran emergency healthcare professionals on how to  take the EMS/hospital organizational relationship to a higher level—and provide added value to patients and the system of care in the process.

• Describe the challenges that EMS faces in obtaining feedback on care at a health system level with aggregate data.
• Examine multiple strategies for improving bilateral data exchange between EMS and hospitals to improve STEMI systems of care.