What You Should Know:
– CommonSpirit Health and ESO, a data services and software provider for EMS, fire departments, hospitals, and government agencies, have partnered to improve patient outcomes and empower continuous learning for providers throughout Utah. The partnership, launched on July 1, 2025, spans three Wasatch Front counties—Salt Lake, Davis, and Utah—connecting CommonSpirit’s five Utah hospitals with EMS and fire agencies across the region.
Real-Time Data for Better Clinical Decisions
The core of this collaboration is the ESO Health Data Exchange (HDE), a first-of-its-kind interoperability platform that bridges the gap between EMS and hospitals. It delivers electronic patient care records (ePCR) directly to a hospital’s EHR system and allows EMS to access clinical outcome information in real time.
Empowering First Responders and Driving Continuous Learning
Access to hospital outcome data is fundamentally changing how teams approach patient care. EMS crews now receive timely insight into a patient’s final diagnosis and treatment, often in a matter of hours, compared to weeks or months in the past.
- Enhanced Medical Knowledge: When crews see the complete picture of a patient’s diagnosis and treatment, it enhances their medical knowledge and equips them better to handle similar situations in the future.
- Stronger Training Programs: Timely insight strengthens training programs and ensures continuous improvement in the care delivered in the field.
- Seamless Integration: ESO HDE integrates seamlessly with all major hospital electronic medical record systems and securely delivers discrete clinical data, including lab results, imaging, and procedure notes, directly to EMS teams.
“Information is invaluable in medical care, and the more we can share between the field and the hospital, the better care we can provide,” said Dr. Tim Bode, Chief Medical Officer for CommonSpirit Health’s Mountain Region. “This partnership benefits patients, EMS crews and our hospital providers alike. It was crucial for us to make this tool available to all agencies who bring patients to our facilities, regardless of their existing technology partnerships, because we understand how vital this data sharing is for improving patient outcomes.”
