Overdose Outcomes Improve with Telemedicine

CHALLENGE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The opioid crisis is a population health issue impacting lives in nearly every community across the country. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and public safety first responders are on the front line of treating these overdose patients. The initial lifesaving acute care they provide is but one step in the continuum of time-sensitive care that includes hospitals, recovery specialists and ongoing treatment programs necessary to prevent the vicious reoccurrence cycle. Through the use of a specialized digital mobile telemedicine app, EMS is uniquely positioned to save lives through timely intervention with opioid antagonist drugs while engaging the hospital, registries and recovery specialists to initiate broader acute care workflow improvements. Multi-faceted alerts including data collected and shared real-time with providers, speeds treatment and engagement to improve outcomes and long-term patient recovery. Collected data is also aggregated and available to organizational and governmental entities for reporting, benchmarking improvements and trend-analysis.   THE SOLUTION The following Opioid Overdose case workflow process is based on the e-Bridge Workflow Mobile Telemedicine app provided by GD (General Devices). The solution provides an easy to use, state or region-wide mechanism to alert, notify and track all opiate/opioid overdose patients in real time from prehospital first medical contact through hospital emergency department, to r...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Patient Care Industry News Press Releases Source Type: news