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Med-X Brings Air Ambulance Services to Mexico
Med-X air ambulance services caters to U.S. citizens that are injured or seeking medical care while in Mexico. Many tourists have suddenly found themselves in a position where a family member or friend is seriously ill or injured in an area where adequate... Read More
4 Money Saving Tips When Choosing Non-Emergent Ambulance Services
Great advice for anyone thinking about using non-emergent ambulance services is to try to schedule the trip in advance, if possible; especially if it is for a visit to the doctor’s office, or the pharmacy to have a prescription filled. This will not... Read More
3 Important Reasons Why HIPAA Compliance and Training is Crucial for Medical Transportation Management Services Staff
For legal reasons, medical transportation management services must be in compliance with HIPAA. In order to avoid being heavily fined, the fully trained staff should have to have full proof of their records of documentation, as ordered by the laws of... Read More
The Effect of Aging Populations on Ambulance Services
It is a well known fact in many countries that the elderly are disproportionately high users of ambulance services. Numerous studies such as those undertaken by Clark & FitzGerald (2012), Lowthian et al. (2011) and Downing & Wilson (2005) have... Read More
RIMS Annual Conference
Med-X Will be Attending! RIMS ’13 will be held April 21-24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center located at 1201 South Figueroa Street. Come visit us at Booth #239! For more info, please visit http://www.rims.org/RIMS13/Pages/RIMS2013.aspx. Read More
NJSIA Workers’ Compensation Conference & Vendor Fair
Med-X Medical Transportation Services will be attending the NJSIA Workers’ Compensation Conference & Vendor Fair from May 2-3. The Conference will be held at Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. We look forward to connecting... Read More
The Benefit of Air Ambulance Services in Remote Communities
Air Ambulances are not a modern development, with the practice of air medical transportation having been around since the Franco-Prussian war in the late 1800’s, in which hot air balloons were utilized to evacuate severely wounded soldiers. ‘Modern’... Read More
Issues Relating to First World Rural Non Emergency Transportation Services: Australia and America
It is a well known fact in many first world countries, that residents in rural and remote areas experience poorer levels of medical care, and therefore generally have higher overall healthcare requirements, than those living in urban settings. This is... Read More
Non-Emergency Transportation Services: Saving the Modern Ambulance Service?
Over the last decade ambulance services in many first world countries such as the United States and Australia have come increasingly under fire. Some of the criticisms put forward by various experts and authors have been: the less than acceptable response... Read More
The Safety of Modern Ambulance Services
Ambulances are the main first response to most emergency and non-emergency medical incidents. As such, patients travelling in ambulances are seen by the general public as being somewhat ‘safe’, due to the fact that they have been removed from... Read More