Posts Categorized: Economics
I don’t usually talk about Political things…
I found this news story out of Schaumburg, Illinois today. Perhaps you should read it, those of you who work local government. It's of note.
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EMS 2.0 as Explained to My Brother
I had a good conversation with my brother the other day. We talked about this "blogging" stuff I do and the topic turned to EMS 2.0. Guess what he wants me to do?
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Huddled Masses. Healthcare. Honor. EMS.
Undocumented Immigrants? Illegal Immigration? Where do we stand on this as EMS professionals? What do we do?
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Questions About EMS on a sleepy morning – Care to answer?
Here are four quick questions about EMS that have emerged from my sleepy brain this morning. Care to think about them? You might even want to answer them and add your opinion. At any rate, I gotta get me some coffee.
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EMS Pay Sucks!! (Part 4) – We Control the Market
Low Price. High Quality. Good Service - Of those three choices, which two do you want our profession to pick? It's time for a little economics and some collective awakening of our profession. Let's change the rules of the game.
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Fiddling While Rome Burns – The “Ambulance Industry”
If you read this piece and it ticks you off, I've accomplished something. We have to take ownership of our profession and our cause. It's always about the patient, but it's about us too... are we taking a cue from Emperor Nero?
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EMS Pay Sucks!! (part 3) – Who or What is at fault here!?
Welcome back to the Life Under the Lights Bar and Grille - This is the third installment of my EMS Pay Sux!! Series of articles. This one calls every argument you've ever heard on this issue "crap" and lays out three simple problems that we must tackle to solve our problem sooner, rather than later.
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EMS Pay Sucks!! Part 2 – Identifying the problem
Part two in my audience participation exercize entitled "EMS Pay Sucks!! Let's DO something about it!" - This post is written for general audiences and states what exactly the problem is: The way we compensate EMS professionals in this country is despicable...
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EMS Pay Sucks! Let’s do something about it
I'll be kicking EMS compensation squarely in the butt over the next few posts due to the fact that I'm mad as heck and I don't plan on taking it anymore. Here's the introduction and some pre-reading.
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Paramedics Providing Physicals? Decreasing Healthcare Costs and Improving Care – EMS 2.0
Brainstorming ways that Paramedics and EMS could improve the Healthcare system and save money is part of EMS 2.0. Could a paramedic provide your next annual physical exam? Maybe we should.
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Request for ideas on a problem – Can we be paid enough already?
Can we get paid enough already? I'd sure like to, but I don't have the answers. Here are some thoughts... but no magic bullets. Care to help?
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The current US economy and EMS – An unexplored potential
I'm not one to be consumed by doom-and-gloom type news stories on the state of the economy. I firmly believe that in most cases macroeconomic forces do not generally affect the pocketbooks of individuals. A wise man once said that if you choose not to pa…
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