For years, National EMS (the private, for-profit company that runs ambulance service for Athens-area hospitals) has steadfastly refused to release raw response time data. Now we may know why. National EMS consistently fails to meet the required response times. Its contract guarantees that the company will meet the national standard […]
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“When every second counts, you can count on Piedmont” reads the Emergency Services page on Piedmont Healthcare’s website. The same page on the website of St. Mary’s Hospital, also in Athens, promises “faster emergency care, by design.” But how can these hospitals make good on their promises when patients don’t […]