Imagine if we could leverage existing infrastructure to enhance how we better manage and support patients with chronic disease in the community? Three of the most common chronic diseases worldwide are Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These diseases are on the rise and currently cost the Canadian health care system billions of dollars every year including the cost of unnecessary hospitalizations and ED visits. The current structure of the health care system does not have the capacity to effectively care for these patients in the future. Paramedics are currently employed 24-7 to provide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in urban, rural and settings across Canada. They are highly trained health care practitioners that are connected to and mobile in the community and currently work in a medically delegated act model with physicians where they regularly rely on independent judgment giving them a significant advantage in assessing patients. The evidence already tells us that collaborative Chronic Care Models can improve patient outcomes and decrease overall health care utilization. What if we leveraged this incredible resource to enhance patient care in the community setting? We hypothesize that training paramedics in chronic disease management and having them conduct home visits to assess and treat patients under medical delegation of the patients' primary care physicians will reduce the rate of acute care hospitalization and, ED visits, EMS utilization, and Family Health Team (FHT) utilization for COPD, DM and CHF patients.