Air Ambulance Jamaica
Air Ambulance Jamaica was established in 2009 by President & CEO Duane Boise to provide residents of the Caribbean access to quality medical care in an emergency. EMed Air Ambulance Jamaica is Jamaica's only government approved air ambulance service that provides ground ambulance,air evacuations and medical concierge services for government officials, Jamaica's largest trade union, the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), Jamaica's largest credit union, the City of Kingston Solidarity Credit Union (COK), tourist and the average Jamaican. EMed transports many patients from Jamaica to the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom. EMed has recently developed medical access employee programs for Vinci Construction Company and The Tryall Club, the Caribbean's most prestigious resort. EMED formalized an agreement for direct patient access to all of Tenet Healthcare Hospitals. This lower cost medical group membership program has changed the lives of countless people and continues to save lives throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean Region.
Air Ambulance Aircraft
EMed Air Ambulance Jamaica has established four aircraft in Jamaica to accommodate their services for air ambulance. These aircraft are Lear 35, Piper Navajo Chieftain, IAI Westwind Jet and Pilatus PC-12.
Air Ambulance Electronic Health Records
Emed has established the very first EHR for the country of Jamaica.[1] They began this project to help doctors move from paper based workflows to electronic health record based systems on Jan 3rd 2010. The reason for the push to help doctors with medical records was to save more lives and have an accurate trail of medical data to ensure each patient was treated properly. Dr. Robert Kahn co-inventor of the internet developed the handler system technology at CNRI that backs Emedical Jamaica's Electronic Health Record System. The handler system uses the DOA or direct object architecture[2] that are linked to direct object identifiers which reside in database repository. The handler system has proved to be a faster, low cost storage system for medical records in Jamaica.
Air Ambulance Personal Health Records
With the great success of EMeds EHR EMed decided to allow patients the ability to enter and carry their own personal health record on their wrist, necklace and on their mobile phone. This new PHR allowed many to enter their own personal health record information to have and keep safely with them anywhere they go in the world. The technology for the personal health record was managed by Jason Pawloski VPPD and is backed by Microsoft technology and robust data center with help of CNRI and Bob Kahn handler system. EMed works in conjunction with the GVN (Global Viral Network[3])to address the potential serious threat posed by potentially pandemic viral disease threatening public health.
Air Ambulance Health Tourism
EMed has partnered with several large hotels, resorts and cruise lines to provide tourists with emergency air ambulance services in so doing they create a network to provide emergency services that were not available before. Several large companies have been instrumental in helping EMed help more people get the medical services. EMed is the center of health tourism for helping people who have an emergency medical condition fly to their home hospital and doctor's care.[4] Air Ambulance has become EMedical Jamaica's primary business helping several tourists per month fly to their home to receive medical treatment. Most recently the Jamaican Port Authority[5] asked EMed to set up an emergency access office to provide ground and emergency air ambulance evacuations. Major General Elder Granger, a trusted advisor to EMED, also served as the Deputy Director and Program Executive Officer of the TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Washington, DC.[111]
References
- ↑ Reid, Tyrone (22 April 2012). "Go digital to protect patients - Local firm pitches system which could increase the security of medical records". The Gleaner. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ↑ Kahn, Robert (2006-04-01). A framework for distributed digital object services. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s00799-005-0128-x. ISSN 1432-5012.
- ↑ Moynahan, Timothy. "Esq. Chair of the Board GVN". Gina Adams. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "MEDICAL TOURISM: EMED Jamaica Announces Contract With Global Construction Giant VINCI" (Press release). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ↑ Sharpe, Michael. "News Director". TVJ. Retrieved 1 April 2014.