The Lee Board of County Commissioners approved an agreement with Lee Health for an expanded Community Paramedicine Program, which provides in-home care to individuals to reduce ambulance trips to emergency departments at hospitals for illnesses or injuries that are less likely to progress or develop complications.
By reducing these types of visits for what is known as low acuity medical needs, the program is intended to reduce unnecessary emergency medical services transport, emergency department overutilization, hospital readmission, assist with access to care, and improve community relations by building and expanding post-acute services as individuals recover from a serious injury or illness.
Last summer, the Board approved an agreement to launch the first phase of this program in coordination with the Florida Department of Children and Families, which has exceeded initial goals…