Community paramedicine, often implemented alongside mobile integrated health programs (MIH-CP), is an innovative care model that expands the role of paramedics and emergency medical technicians, enabling them to provide a broader range of nonemergency home- and community-based services.

Typically delivered through partnerships between health care organizations and emergency medical service delivery systems, MIH-CP models connect patients to crucial evidence-based services, including hospital follow-up care, care management, medication reconciliation, health education, and connections to community resources. MIH-CP programs offer opportunities to reduce disparities in access to care that is often experienced in rural communities, and to improve care for individuals with complex health and social needs in a range of geographic regions.

This Better Care Playbook Evidence Roundup explores how MIH-CP programs have been implemented across the country, what evidence supports the effectiveness of these models, and how state and federal policies are helping to support the sustainability of these services.