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Caroline County launches mobile integrated health pilot to cut 911 calls
Summary
Caroline County will launch a mobile integrated health pilot Dec. 1 to deliver nurse-paramedic home visits to adult residents who called 911 five or more times in six months, aiming to reduce emergency transports and connect frequent users to primary and social services.
The Caroline County Commissioners on Nov. 25 heard details of a new Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) pilot that county health and emergency services staff said is designed to reduce emergency department visits by high-frequency 911 callers.
Holly Trice, who introduced the effort at the meeting, described the program as a collaboration between the Caroline County Health Department and the Department of Emergency Services. Staff said MIH will target adult county residents who have placed five or more 911 calls in the prior six months. The program will begin a soft launch Dec. 1, with the team seeing one client per week during December and expanding to…
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