Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Week honors the invaluable contributions of Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) and Community Paramedicine (CP) teams. MIH Week is October 6-12, 2024. This year’s MIH Week brings together providers, advocates, and supporters to showcase the innovations and partnerships driving MIH forward. In this post, we highlight the daily themes for MIH Week, […]

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October 5, 2024

Celebrating MIH Week

Workforce retention continues to be a struggle across the healthcare industry. Hospitals have seen increasing turnover rates, exacerbated by the pandemic. A 2022 survey found the average hospital turnover rate was nearly 26%, and 2024 data from recruitment and retention agencies report the average hospital turned over 106.6% of its workforce in the last 5 […]

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September 30, 2024

MIH Provides Model for Healthcare Workforce Retention, Care Delivery

NAMIHP and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) have the honor of recognizing the first Community Paramedic of the Year. In 2024, the two organizations partnered to introduce the NAEMT-NAMIHP Community Paramedic of the Year Award to the list of National EMS Awards of Excellence. “This award underscores the collaboration between our two […]

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August 29, 2024

NAMIHP, NAEMT Recognize Community Paramedics with New Award

As mobile integrated health (MIH) grows as a profession, teams across the country examine the best business model for them. Many teams operate under their local EMS or ambulance services, while others operate within a physician group or hospital. Because MIH services are carefully tailored to community needs, it makes sense to choose a business […]

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May 30, 2024

Hospital-based MIH Programs Carry Unique Benefits

Substance use is a national public health issue. It’s a community issue. It affects people in urban areas, rural areas, suburban, men, women, young, old. The healthcare system has consistently failed people with substance use disorder (SUD), not only due to lack of needed resources, but also often contributing to the stigma and viewing substance […]

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April 29, 2024

MIH Teams Take Innovative, Collaborative Approaches to SUD