The top three emerging trends in EMS grants reflect the shift in health care toward value amid political uncertainty. EMS organizations will need to adapt, innovate and build new programs. This is a different approach for EMS providers who are widely seen as transport for emergent and non-emergent patients to the hospital. Here are the top three trends that are expected to be widely funded by government, private and partnership agencies. 1. Substance Abuse and Mental Illness.
One in five adults in the United States experience mental illness, costing more than $440 billion each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.