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EMMA 2.0 will be an on-going initiative to <br />introduce new technologies that we have <br />evaluated and decided can help our providers <br />and patients. Not very many people in EMS <br />have done this, but we think having smart <br />devices in the trucks is the wave of the future. <br />Charles Lick, MD <br />Allina Health EMS Medical Director <br />A Vision for the <br />Future: EMMA 2.0 <br />Charles Lick, MD, Allina Health EMS <br />Medical Director on the organization’s <br />launch of mobile technology <br />In 2018, Allina Health EMS launched an initiative, EMMA 2.0, the mobile <br />integrated technology campaign, which introduced iPhones into Allina Health EMS <br />ambulances. The iPhones are designed to allow them to be used solely for patient <br />care and work-related communication. <br />THE PHONES GIVE ALLINA EMTS AND <br />PARAMEDICS ACCESS TO VALUABLE <br />APPLICATIONS SUCH AS: <br />1. HANDTEVY: a mobile app and platform <br />to support dosing, documentation <br />and communication about critically-ill <br />pediatric patients <br />2. PULSARA: a mobile communications tool <br />for coordinating care across teams, which is <br />being piloted at United Hospital <br />3. AL ADTEC: a workforce scheduling app to <br />support easy communication about such <br />things as holes in coverage, trading shifts <br />and sick time <br />4. CLINICAL PROTOCOLS: app-based access <br />to Allina Health EMS protocols to ensure <br />evidence-based, best practice care. <br />These four apps are envisioned as just the initial <br />offerings in what will be an on-going campaign <br />to introduce new, mobile-based technologies <br />to the Allina Health EMS care teams to support <br />better patient care and communication. <br />The EMMA 2.0 initiative builds on the initial <br />EMMA campaign, the Electronic Medical <br />Management Assistant, which Allina created ten <br />years ago when it launched electronic patient <br />care records. <br />“The thing I am really excited about is making <br />it easier for our people to do a better job <br />documenting,” says Dr. Lick. “This data and our <br />ability to tap into national data from the NEMSIS <br />3 data set will really help us understand, ‘Are <br />we performing at a high level? What quality <br />improvement changes do we need to make?’ ” <br />“EMMA 2.0 will be an on-going initiative to <br />introduce new technologies that we have <br />evaluated and decided can help our providers <br />and patients,” says Charles Lick, MD, Allina <br />Health EMS Medical Director. “Just like the rest <br />of our world, everything’s app-based and that’s <br />where the future’s going. Not very many people <br />in EMS have done this, but we think having smart <br />devices in the trucks is the wave of the future.” <br />Dr. Lick believes that with the right mobile <br />technology tools, providers can offer better <br />patient care. “I want our providers to spend <br />their time evaluating the patient and not just <br />thinking about what the protocol is,” says Dr. <br />Lick. “The right technologies can help make the <br />difficult job that we have easier. I think if we can <br />make providers’ jobs and lives better, they’ll be <br />happier, they’ll stay in the business longer, too.” <br />18 ALLINA HEALTH EMS COMMUNITY REPORT 2018 19