Quick Take: Building First Responder Resilience
EMS1 article featuring a webinar from the Pinnacle Webinar Series with Jim Marshall and Mike Taigman offering specific leadership strategies to build a resilient team of first responders.
Pinnacle EMS Quick Take: Match supply to demand to provide optimal performance
EMS1 article: It’s been more than four decades since economist Jack Stout introduced the concept of system status management (SSM) to EMS. The idea that systems should use data to match supply to demand in an effort to meet response time goals transformed how some communities deployed EMS units.
Pinnacle: Building a Resilient Team
EMS World article: This week at the 14th Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum in Orlando, one session provided a different perspective on PTSD—a topic that needs to be talked about more in the EMS community.
FirstWatch Launches ResilientFirst™
EMS1 article: FirstWatch launches ResilientFirst™ to improve EMS provider wellness
FirstWatch Announces Launch of ResilientFirst™
EMS World Press Release: FirstWatch Announces Launch of ResilientFirst™
In The Beginning There Was Mike, Then There Was EMS: The Mike Taigman Interview
The Wilco EMS PodSquad presents: In The Beginning There Was Mike, Then There Was EMS: The Mike Taigman Interview
Guiding choices and opening doors: Mentoring revisited
Mentorship comes full circle for EMS leader Mike Taigman, with collaborations in quality improvement and advancing EMS in this EMS1 article.
Response Time Performance Improvement through System Re-design
EMS1 article by David Murphy and Mike Taigman. Riggs/SEMSA Ambulance, in Merced County, California, accomplished faster response times, penalty savings, and improved morale across EMTs, paramedics, and EMS leadership by making changes in policies, training, and practices.
Building a More Effective and Efficient EMS Quality Improvement System
JEMS article by Lane Kilpatrick, quality improvement manager for Community Ambulance in Georgia. FirstWatch automates the QA process and helps to provide immediate feedback to crews and focus on the things that matter to patients.
Data Without Borders
Fire/EMS agencies in the National Capital Region use FirstWatch to monitor hospitals across the region. With our help, they’ve created a Regional Hospital Dashboard that pulls CAD data from multiple counties and departments. By sharing data across jurisdictional lines, they have a much more accurate picture of just how busy local hospitals are. We’re proud to partner with these agencies and visionary leaders as they break down silos in order to serve their communities. The potential to connect data and...
Great learner-centered presentations for EMS presenters
EMS1 article by Mike Taigman. In this article, Mike gives tips on how to captivate your audience by using easy-to-see visuals or following the rule of sevens, while avoiding pitfalls such as using a slide template or panel discussions, just to name a few.
Q&A: Naloxone is not enough
EMS1 article by Mike Taigman and Silvia Verdugo MD, MPH, where Medical Director and Emergency Physician Gene Hern explores the potential for treating patients with opioid use disorder with buprenorphine. Visit website here.
Implementing Change without Breeding Discontent
EMS1 article by Mike Taigman and Heath Wright, featuring an EMS agency success story in improving patient care and service, with financial benefits for the agency and EMS providers. Visit website here.
EMS Agenda 2050
EMS Agenda 2050 is the result of a collaborative and inclusive two-year effort to create a bold plan for the next several decades. The new Agenda for the Future envisions people-centered innovative possibilities to advance EMS systems and is now available to download here. FirstWatch supported the effort by lending out our own Mike Taigman to serve as the facilitator for this important project. Visit website here.
Trends in EMS Continuing Education
FirstWatch Improvement Guide Mike Taigman interviewed about the future of EMS Education! Check out this EMS World article. Visit website here.
EMS Garage at EMS World Expo: Mike Taigman
Listen to this podcast from EMS World, featuring FirstWatch Improvement Guide, Mike Taigman. In this episode Mike talks about using data to improve your system the importance of increasing joy on the job. Visit website here.
How biosurveillance turns opioids-related data into actionable intelligence
PoliceOne article "How biosurveillance turns opioids-related data into actionable intelligence" by By Rob Lawrence, P1 Contributor. See how a customer agency, in Richmond, Virginia, is utilizing the FirstWatch system and turning real-time activity data into actionable intelligence. Of note, the Richmond Ambulance Authority was the first commercial user of the FirstWatch system.
Can Predictive Analytics Help Avert Pittsburgh’s Next Disaster?
Check out this Government Technology article featuring technology industry leaders, including Todd Stout, speak about using tech to spot early warnings for disasters. Read the Full Article Here.
New JEMS article – Executive Institute (XI) Convenes in Hershey, Pennsylvania
What a great experience we had at the XI Leadership Conference by Page, Wolfberg & Wirth in Hershey, PA! Check out this article mentioning Mike Taigman's keynote in this recap of the event in this JEMS article. Read the Latest Column Article Here. Access all Column Articles Here.
New EMS1 Column Post by Mike Taigman – Making your EAP work for your employees
Read the latest post in the Paramedic Chief column via EMS1, "Making your EAP work for your employees" written by our own Improvement Guide, Mike Taigman along with a discussion with Dr. Sara Gilman. Read the Latest Column Article Here. Access all Column Articles Here.
