Golder Ranch Fire District Increases Collections by 5% and Saves 30 Hours Per Month of Staff Time — ZOLL Pulse Award Winner
ZOLL Data Systems | Jun 10, 2022
Golder Ranch Fire District (GRFD) leadership wanted to ensure that they were maximizing the functionality of RescueNet® Billing software...
City of Allentown EMS Achieves Exceptional Financial Performance and Workflow Efficiency with Move to Cloud-based Billing Software — ZOLL Pulse Award Winner
ZOLL Data Systems | Jun 9, 2022
City of Allentown EMS (Allentown EMS) management had a vision for moving to a cloud-based billing solution to support the growing need to...
UMC EMS Modernizes Crew Communications, Sharpens Response Times, and Reduces Operating Costs — ZOLL Pulse Award Winner
ZOLL Data Systems | Jun 8, 2022
University Medical Center’s (UMC EMS)service area has been steadily growing, and agency leadership recognized the need for a...
TransCare Improves Patient Care and Access to Wellness Services While Reducing Unnecessary 911 Calls — ZOLL Pulse Award Winner
ZOLL Data Systems | Jun 7, 2022
TransCare Medical Transportation Services (TransCare), a division of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, has a mission “to ensure that no one...
Mutual Aid EMS Deploys New Integrated Software System to Improve Response Times, Operations, and Compliance — ZOLL Pulse Award Winner
ZOLL Data Systems | Jun 6, 2022
Mutual Aid EMS operates 14 ambulance stations across a 924 square-mile service area. Agency leadership saw tremendous opportunity to...
How Collecting Payment for Inspections is Changing the Fire Industry
ZOLL Data Systems | May 10, 2022
In a recent webinar, Pasco County Fire and Rescue (PCFR) Fire Marshal, Justin Frum, discussed how his team overcame the challenges...
Purpose-Built, Integrated Platforms Are the Future of Telemedicine
ZOLL Data Systems | Apr 26, 2022
Telemedicine is becoming standard practice for many healthcare providers. According to Dr. David Ernst, president of telemedicine innovator...
Why Rapid Access to EMS Data Is Essential for Excellence in Cardiac Systems of Care
Christa Lassen-Vogel, Senior Manager, ZOLL Data Systems | Feb 17, 2022
In a cardiac system of care, STEMI-referring hospitals and STEMI-receiving centers rely on accurate, timely communication and coordination...
Using ZOLL Respond for Effective Communication
Matthew Allred, Implementation Specialist, ZOLL Data Systems | Jan 28, 2022
Effective communication in emergency medical services provides two-way and real-time capabilities, delivering messages efficiently to and...
Five EMS Technology Improvements that Will Shape the Next Ten Years
Tim Nowak, Founder & CEO, Emergency Medical Solutions, LLC | Feb 13, 2020
“The only constant is change,” paraphrasing the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. In the world of technological and engineering...
July Roundup: The Integration of EMS into Healthcare for Better Patient Outcomes
Lindsay Alexander | Jul 31, 2018
True integration and interoperability requires coordination and communication between EMS and its healthcare systems. The following is a...
How to Use ePCR Data to Build Relationships with Hospital Partners
Kevin Crocker | Jul 19, 2018
EMS is driven to respond to patients in need regardless of where they are in your community. One of the big challenges is dealing with...
Change How You Communicate with Hospitals & Healthcare Providers
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Jul 17, 2018
One of the most significant and dangerous gaps in patient care is between EMS providers and emergency departments. The antiquated approach...
Leverage Interoperability to Get the Patient (& their Data) to the Right Place at the Right Time
Corissa Bowman | Jul 10, 2018
What is interoperability? It’s the ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information. Why is it important? It...
What Does Integration into the Healthcare System Look Like for EMS?
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Jul 3, 2018
Paul Smith dialed 911. The EMS dispatcher using a structured set of questions quickly identified Paul’s chest pain to be potentially a ST...
EMS & Healthcare in 2018: A Look into the Near Future
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Feb 1, 2018
In December, we took a look back at 2017 from an EMS and healthcare perspective. The new Trump administration, natural disasters, mass...
A Look Back at 2017 from an EMS & Healthcare Perspective
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Dec 21, 2017
As the year winds down, “look back” articles are popular. For some, it’s an opportunity to celebrate important accomplishments, for others,...
What are the Benefits for EMS of an Integrated Technology Platform?
Nathan Garnto | Oct 12, 2017
From grade school to expensive motivational speakers, we are constantly reminded that there is no “I” in team. The EMS industry, like...
EMS Integration: A Straw Man for the EMS Agenda 2050
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Oct 5, 2017
In September, the EMS Agenda 2050 Team released a Straw Man Document to provide insight and generate discussion that will lead up to a...
How EMS Mobile Health Guided an Arizona Agency to Better Health Outcomes
Josh Hurguy | Jul 27, 2017
Captain/Paramedic Mike Lamanda, a 27-year veteran of the Golder Ranch Fire District (GRFD), northwest of metropolitan Tucson, Arizona,...
Interoperability Part 2: What’s Next?
Danielle Cote | Jul 25, 2017
Now that you have a solid idea of what interoperability is and why we haven’t quite figured it out all yet (Read Interoperability Part 1:...
Interoperability Part 1: What is It & How Does it Relate to EMS?
Corissa Bowman | Jul 18, 2017
What is interoperability? It’s the ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information. Why is it important? It...
Strengthen Hospital Relationships with ePCR: Part 3
Mark Gambale | May 9, 2017
In the last installment of the three-part series “Guarantee Your ePCR Works for you, Not Against You,” we asked Steven Cohen, the Assistant...
The Latest Compliance Tips for Successful EMS Operations
Lindsay Alexander | May 2, 2017
Did you know that medical information is worth at least 10 times more than a credit card number on the black market? It’s shocking, but...
Repeal. Replace. Repeat? Tofil Shares the Latest Update on Healthcare Reform at SUMMIT
Kelli Turner | Apr 27, 2017
Déjà vu. It seems like just yesterday we were talking about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what changes that would bring to EMS....
Healthcare Reform: Changing an Era or Error?
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Apr 6, 2017
It’s official. One of the prime objectives of the new administration was to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Round 1 went...
EMS Data: An Integral Part of the Health Data Ecosystem
Corissa Bowman | Feb 14, 2017
Each year, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition brings together health IT...
How to Get Your Hospital Partners to Share EMS Data
Captain Melanie Bate, Omaha Fire | Jan 12, 2017
Omaha Fire is currently working to share our patient care reports (PCRs) with local hospitals, with the caveat that we would receive...
A Patient-Centered Learning Healthcare System: The EMS of the Future
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Jan 10, 2017
Welcome to part three of the three-part series focusing on healthcare reform and the future of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In part...
Why Hospital-Based EMS Agencies Need Their Own Compliance Officer
Sally McCabe | Dec 28, 2016
Hospital based agencies need their own compliance officers. They need individuals who are specifically trained in the many federal, state...
What Does Hospital Data & HIE Really Mean to EMS? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Oct 24, 2016
Welcome to part two of a three-part series focusing on healthcare reform and the future of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Last month, we...
EMSA's Experience Getting EMS Connected to the Healthcare System
Frank Gresh | Sep 20, 2016
I became really passionate about health information exchange (HIE) about 8 years ago. HIE is defined in its purest form as mobilization of...
Integrating EMS into the Healthcare System - Part 1 of a 3 Part Series
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Sep 12, 2016
Welcome to part one of a three-part series focusing on healthcare reform and the future of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In the near...
Tackling Hospital Readmissions, How is EMS Positioned?
Larry Malloy | Jul 12, 2013
As I attend conferences across the country, I often hear those in the emergency services industry talk about how they are “positioned” to...
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act – What’s the Hubbub About?
Stacey Bickford | Jun 7, 2013
With many unknowns in the industry around the Affordable Care Act (ACA), State Medicaid changes are well on their way! The question is...
How the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 Will Affect EMS
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Nov 30, 2012
EMS is an important component of healthcare and the practice of medicine. As such, it’s important for EMS to track and understand...
Perspective on EMS from the ZOLL Medical Director
Dr. Greg Mears, MD, Medical Director, ZOLL Data Systems | Nov 8, 2012
Although my focus as the Medical Director for ZOLL is on data, integration of software and devices, performance improvement, and...