25-2015 Community Paramedic Remote Patient Monitoring

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County of Essex The Corporation of the County of Essex By-Law Number 25-2015 A By-law to Authorize the Execution of a Community Paramedic Remote Patient Monitoring Project Agreement Between the South Central Community Development Corporation (SCCDC) and the Corporation of the County of Essex. Whereas the Corporation of the County of Essex (the County) operates a Paramedic Services department known as Essex Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EWEMS); And Whereas, according to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, it has been determined that there is a high volume of Paramedic Service calls from individuals with certain complex and chronic conditions (hereinafter "the Target Patients") who frequently use the limited resources of Paramedic Services, hospitals and long term care facilities; And Whereas the SCCDC is leading an initiative called the Community Paramedic Remote Patient Monitoring initiative (the "Project"), with the objective of permitting Community Paramedics to monitor the Target Patients in an attempt to reduce the strain on those resources; And Whereas the intent of the Project is to create a sustainable, community-based, patient and family centered model for remote patient monitoring that will utilize a communication platform for all those involved in caring for the Target Patients; And Whereas the SCCDC has identified EWEMS, with its Community Paramedics, as a key stakeholder in the Project and therefore wishes to enter into an Agreement with the County to enable its involvement in the Project, and the County wishes to do so;