Closing the Data Gap Between the Ambulance and the ER

What changes when EMS and hospital data finally connect? In this episode of Moving Digital Health, ESO’s Eric Beck and Scott Richards unpack how closing the gap between prehospital and hospital care can improve outcomes, operations, and decision-making across the patient journey. 0:00 Introduction 01:19 Where does patient data break down between EMS and the hospital? 2:33 What problem was d2i solving for hospital emergency departments? 4:51 What becomes possible when you connect 911 data to hospital discharge? 6:20 How does closing the feedback loop change paramedic care and morale? 8:37 How do you harmonize EMS flat files with hospital EHR data? 10:22 How hard is it to merge two mature healthcare data platforms? 12:03 Which customers see results first after a healthcare data merger? 14:06 How do you deliver real-time clinical alerts without overloading ER staff? 15:24 How does prehospital data help hospital CFOs fix throughput and revenue leaks? 17:57 Where does AI fit in emergency department forecasting? 20:05 What is the golden rule of UX design for clinicians under stress? 21:10 How do you balance enterprise customization against platform discipline? 22:17 How do you get frontline crews to adopt new data tools? 23:19 What is the biggest mistake founders make selling software into emergency care? 26:11 Is healthcare interoperability getting better or more fragmented?