Hospital Matters: EMS services are struggling, impacting patients already in a hospital

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Most people think of Emergency Medical Services as the folks that care for and transport patients on the way TO a hospital. But they’re equally important getting patients OUT of hospitals. A scarcity of supportive transportation is compounding the difficulty of finding appropriate step-down care for hospital patients that are better served elsewhere in their communities. In this episode, Greg Ruberg, President of Aspirus Lake View hospital in Two Harbors, talks about the challenges of keeping health care’s circulatory system moving effectively.

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