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Over the past 18 months, Clark County’s nurse navigator program has spared people from hundreds of unnecessary ambulance rides — and the costs of those rides, according to officials.
The program launched in May 2023. Since then, Clark County’s 911 dispatch center routed nearly 800 nonurgent medical calls to a Texas-based call center, where nurses help connect people with medical services other than the hospital.
