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Programs & Services

Mobile Integrated Healthcare

EMS Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) provides responsive urgent mobile healthcare by facilitating in community assessment, treatment and diagnostics in collaboration with the patients care providers.

This service aims to provide integrated healthcare for acutely ill patients by providing services in the patients home that would be otherwise delivered in a hospital or outpatient clinic within 3 hours of receiving a referral.

Response time is confirmed upon receipt of referral based upon patient acuity or when service is requested.

  • available services provided by community paramedics include: In-depth physical assessment with virtual consult capability
  • parenteral infusion and medication administration
  • laceration repair and suture / staple removal
  • point of care testing and diagnostics
  • in home blood transfusions (RBC / Platelets / Albumin) *only available to patients in Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
  • STAT specimen collection

Upon receipt of referral a community paramedic will be dispatched to the patients dwelling where they will conduct a comprehensive assessment and develop a customized care plan after consultation with the patient’s most responsible healthcare prescriber.

A detailed record of the patient encounter will be sent to the patients’ healthcare team.

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Access
Service Providers May Include
advanced care paramedics (ACPs)
Eligibility

MIH supports patients experiencing complex or urgent medical conditions that experience difficulty in accessing adequate medical care.

These patients include:

  • medically fragile individuals requiring specialized treatments
  • frail elderly
  • developmental disabilities that have limited mobility and social support Poorly managed health concerns because of the difficulties associated with homelessness, mental health issues and addiction
  • recently discharged from acute care at-risk for re-admission
  • complex with unplanned healthcare needs
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Referrals for patients requiring management of chronic (long term) medical conditions may be reviewed on a case by case basis by the program’s Medical Director.


Partners

Partners/affiliations

Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VODP)

Service Locations
Also Known As
Acronym
CCT, CP, CRT, MIH
Previous
Community Paramedic Program
Other
City Centre Team, Community Response Team