New program saves $400,000, “improves patient experience” Two years after the program started, Taxi support for Niagara Region’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has functioned without a single Adverse Patient Outcome, says its founding commander. “It is not a statistic we
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Sending select passengers to hospital by Taxi rather than by ambulance is saving Niagara Region approximately $1000 per trip, Public Health Committee members heard at their July meeting. The Region is on track to save $200,000 in transportation expenses on an investment of only $10,000, a return on investment of 1900 per cent.
In the five months since the Taxi medical pilot has been operational, the average cost of a Taxi trip has been $15-20. According to Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada, Niagara EMS Operating Cost per Patient Transported by ambulance averaged $1,006 in 2018.
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“Emergency” in law must remain narrow: CCF NIAGARA REGION – The Canadian Constitution Foundation (the “CCF”) filed a notice of application for judicial review in Ontario’s Divisional Court on Thursday seeking an order quashing the unlawful declaration of a State
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Niagara program saving Region $1,000 per trip Ottawa is expected to begin piloting the use of Taxis in its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) this fall. A memo is being submitted to the October 19th Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee
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Niagara Region has now completed all 12 local area municipal council presentations and secured the required triple-majority support to move forward to create a consolidated transit Commission for the Region.
The transition to a single, consolidated public transit system will now begin with the goal of beginning operations in January 2023.
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Central Taxi sponsors second Hotel Dieu Shaver Foundation event The 2024 “Hope in Motion” event exceeded its fundraising target by 25 per cent, final reports show. Niagara’s Central Taxi is a major sponsor of the event, which raises funds for
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Successful people consistently do the things that unsuccessful people don’t dare to do by Paul Kearley Many years ago, I was in Toronto for a 3 day “stretch” camp that our company put on for all of the managing partners
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Photo: “You take what you can get” by Mike Murchison by Don Taylor, excerpted from “Stories from the Road” used with permission When thinking about safety in trucking and the logistics of delivering loads across the continent we have to consider the
Read MoreToronto City Council voted to send the concept of “multi-passenger pedalcycles” back to Committee for further study. The pedalcycle item is slated to come back to Council in July, 2022.
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