Prospect Question: Can My Hospital Use Pulsara Without EMS?

It's true that many patients arrive to our hospitals via EMS, so it makes sense that you might be nervous to adopt a platform like Pulsara without EMS's buy in. But while including EMS from the onset is the best possible scenario, it's certainly not the only one. Here are three reasons your facility should proceed without EMS if they're unable or unwilling to use Pulsara at this time. 

• The exact number will vary based on many factors, but as many as 60% of your patients could be ED walk-ins. Why wouldn't you move forward with a tool that is going to improve the speed and quality of care for a majority of your patients?
• Consider your transfer process. You can use Pulsara to get consults from other clinicians at other facilities, initiate and track a transfer, and reduce the time it takes to complete that transfer. 
• Pulsara can be used for your inpatients. Statistically, the worst treatment times in the country result from inpatients who develop another condition beyond what they were initially admitted for. It seems that sometimes the patient would be treated faster if they crawled out of bed and called 911 from the parking lot of the hospital. But with Pulsara, you can activate your dynamic care team and mobilize the right resources instantly -- regardless of your patient's condition.
  

2. It's a great opportunity to start small.
I've seen hospitals get wrapped around the axel trying to lead change for too many EMS organizations at once. Change management for your own hospital alone is enough of a challenge (but we can help!) Instead, starting without EMS means you get to lead the change and establish best practices first. Then, when EMS is ready to join you on the platform, you'll have your own processes dialed in and clear guidelines set to make it easier for them to get started. 

3. Good scientific tests change only one variable at a time.
Ask any research scientist and they'll tell you that to truly understand the effect of an intervention, you must study it in isolation. So those hospitals who choose to implement Pulsara without EMS will have the opportunity to first compare their treatment times before and after using Pulsara, and THEN watch what happens when they also change the way they communicate with EMS on the platform.