The emergency medical services industry is undergoing massive change to better meet the needs of patients. In some communities, this means paramedics offer house calls and preventive care to keep patients out of the hospital. In others, it means experimenting to see if trauma patients actually do better with less intervention from paramedics.
Here is a look at the four ways the industry has adapted to the changing healthcare environment–and how it may evolve in the years ahead, according to The Wall Street Journal.
