This week the EMS Staffing and Support Act (S. 3910) was proposed in the US Senate which clearly outlines the crisis EMS systems face and recognizes the support providers need to sustain themselves. This legislation would establish a Federal funding mechanism of $500M through HRSA (Health Resource and Services Administration). It would create an exclusive funding […]
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Why Retention is the Key to Recruitment
Recruitment and retention are by far the topics we get asked about most often at EMS Leadership Academy. It is understandable because it is a pervasive issue that is threatening the viability and stability of EMS organizations around the world. Recruitment and retention are usually talked about in one breath as if they are one […]
US Report on Characteristics & Challenges of Rural Ambulance Agencies
In this report was published by the The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) is a national policy research organization with a mission to: (1) undertake unbiased research and analysis on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America; (2) improve the understanding of the impacts of public policies and programs on rural people and places, […]
Creating a High Performance Team: What Are You Focusing On?
At any given moment you have a choice of what to focus on: what’s working or what’s not working, what you want or what you don’t want. There are always things that are working in your organization and things that aren’t. Most EMS Leaders spend the vast majority of time and energy focusing on what […]
The Importance of Leading From a Vision
This time of year, most people have their attention on change of some sort. Whether you call them resolutions, goals, strategic plans or something else the point is to change how it is to how you’d like it to be. The sense of a clean slate at the beginning of the new year seems to […]
