3 takeaways for understanding Multnomah County's ambulance shortage

Multnomah County’s ambulance provider has struggled to meet 911 response time standards for years, and county officials failed to act early on, according to a report from the county’s ombudsperson.
The 11-page report published Friday shows that American Medical Response, since at least 2019, has not consistently met the county’s requirement that ambulances arrive at urban calls within eight minutes 90% of the time. County officials did not penalize the provider until recently.
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