Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation

4b program service -graduate medical education: grady memorial hospital corporation (gmhc) has affiliation agreements with emory university and morehouse schools of medicine to support the teaching and supervision of residents in the organization, as well as to provide professional clinical and administrative services. In 2024 more than 1,000 residents and fellows from emory and morehouse programs rotated through a broad spectrum of services in the organization. Additionally, hundreds of medical students benefited from training in the organization. Gmhc offers unique learning experiences for residents by providing exposure to trauma, burn, infectious disease, sickle cell, neurology and other complex cases and hosts a significant number of clinical research trials to enhance the residents' educational experience. Gmhc provided about $108m in support relative to teaching services. In 2024, reimbursement for teaching services from medicare, medicaid and other governmental funds totaled about $74m.

4c program service - emergency and trauma services: grady operates one of the busiest emergency departments in the eastern united states and the country's largest hospital-based ambulance service. Gmhc operates the only level 1 trauma center in the atlanta metropolitan area which handled 15,037 acute trauma cases in 2024. Additionally, as part of its trauma service, gmhc operates one of only two burn centers in georgia. The nationally acclaimed emergency care center (ecg) handled 148,907 emergency cases in 2024. The emergency room was the intake point for approximately 32,045 of the safety net hospital's total admissions. Grady's ems division statewide ems operation is the exclusive 911 ambulance provider for the city of atlanta including south fulton county. The grady ems team of approximately 700 ems professionals maintains a fleet of about 250 ambulance and support vehicles and handled approximately 180,000 calls throughout georgia in 2024. Beyond emergency response, grady ems operates a mobile integrated health (mih) care program which provides pre and post hospital care for patients in an effort to reduce the strain on ems and ecc. This program expands access to preventative care services, lowers readmissision rates, shortens hospital stays, and includes mobile mammography screenings for community outreach. Grady ems operates atlanta's largest specialized event ems division serving stadiums, concerts, marathons, and festivals throughout the city of atlanta. Grady ems operational standards function in compliance with standards defined by the joint commission, the american college of surgeons, and the georgia department of community health. This is an important distinction and holds our ems division to the highest standards ensuring a compliant, ethical and confidential operation.

Grady's other programs include nationally recognized programs in the areas of infectious disease, diabetes, and sickle cell as well as regional service for neonatal transport, maternal and infant project, cardiovascular health, psychology, burn, cancer and marcus stroke and neuroscience center. Primary care services are also provided through hospital main-campus departments and neighborhood clinics.