In this podcast Amy Lucht CEO of Care Resource Connection, Steve Koering Chief of the St Louis Park Fire Department and Fridley Public Safety Deputy Fire Chief Maddison Zikmund discuss the new Community Health/Community Risk Reduction Program. How they plan to create a Community Health Alliance in Fridley. What ways they will focus on prevention and after the call needs to connect to resources. What new innovative staffing models they will create to support this program. And learn how community forums will be used to build a more resilient community in Anoka County.

In this podcast we check in with the West Fargo ND Fire Department on the day that Amy Lucht CEO of Care Resource Connection, and Co-Founder of the Community Health Alliance is training them on how to do the work within their community guided by the Community Health Alliance framework.  For fire chiefs who are considering engagement in community risk reduction for EMS or local community resources looking for a trusted partner like the fire department. The West Fargo department is leading by example connecting with community, elected officials and their healthcare systems to courageously move forward with this important work.

In this podcast Rob Edwards the CEO of Lee Carlson Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing shares his views of how communities need to find more ways to meet the challenge of mental health and how the industry needs to adapt and innovate to the growing demand.  Lee Carlson is a proven provider and collaborator within the communities they serve and a role model for effective compassionate mental health services.

In this podcast Dr Michael Wilcox a nationally recognized expert in the area of community health, and a recognized architect of todays community paramedicine and EMT programs shares his thoughts and experience in designing and delivering innovative solutions for  community health programs.  Dr Wilcox’s assertion that we must meet patients where they are is the hallmark of how these programs get built and sustained.

In this podcast Steve Koering Fire Chief for the City of St Louis Park MN and Amy Lucht CEO of Care Resource Connection share the path they have taken to create the partnership known as the  Community Health Alliance.  This alliance is designed to meet patients who are accessing 911, and how they identify the social determinants that are challenging their ability to thrive and the process of connecting them with resources in a collaborative sustained way through care coordination.