New technology tools can be a double-edged sword in emergency medical response. On the one hand, they can enable new efficiencies and improved care. On the other hand, they may require more time, resources, or new workflows to manage and maintain. Such is the case with many of the systems used by the EMS industry, which are only marginally connected through disparate systems that can ultimately slow down and hinder patient care.

That’s where strategic integrations between traditionally disconnected technologies can make a significant difference. From first-on-scene to final documentation, effective integrations can create new pathways of support for EMS providers and care teams — helping enable better, faster patient care for those who need it most.

ZOLL® and Pulsara have introduced new integration functionality to accomplish precisely that outcome. EMS providers and industry stakeholders can now leverage data interoperability between ZOLL emsCharts® ePCR software and the Pulsara communication platform to improve data management, streamline workflows, and reduce the need for double documentation. The integration supports enhanced patient care coordination functionality throughout the continuum of care, helping ensure that all members of the care team are kept informed.

Starting with the patient care data collected in the Pulsara platform, EMS providers can leverage the integration to directly import the data into ZOLL emsCharts software. Information may include everything from patient demographics, vitals, and chief complaint to other critical data, such as ECG images, photos of the scene, patient driver’s license, medication lists, insurance cards, and refusal/consent forms.

As a result, EMS providers can reliably mitigate a variety of common pain points, such as:

• Cumbersome input of demographic, vitals, and lab data that takes precious time and resources away from direct patient care
• Increased risk of documentation errors and/or duplicated data resulting from manual input
• Limited or no access to secure, HIPAA-compliant photos of the scene, injury, driver’s license, medication list, etc.
• Disjointed patient care communication and collaboration between care teams due to siloed, disparate communication and ePCR technology

The integration delivers a myriad of capabilities and benefits for providers and stakeholders across a wide range of patient care and administrative use cases. When care teams and the tools they use are connected, patient care coordination can be more effective and better aligned, ensuring that the right information is delivered to the right team members at the right time.

Benefits of the ZOLL emsCharts ePCR and Pulsara Platform Integration

• Saves time and resources by streamlining sharing and access to critical patient data between communications and ePCR technologies
• Reduces or eliminates the need for double documentation by populating the ePCR with demographics, vitals, and labs data from Pulsara
• Provides seamless and secure access to patient data (demographics, vitals, and chief complaint, HIPAA-compliant photos of the scene, driver’s license, medication list, etc.) for quick import into the ePCR
• Empowers first responders to spend less time on documentation and more quality time on patient care and safety
• Reduces communication siloes by connecting EMS providers with hospital care teams on one secure unified communication patient channel
• Improves real-time communication and collaboration between EMS and hospital providers

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