Friday, September 5, 2008

Efficiency in Government: Maryland Edition

Categories: Maryland

The Baltimore Sun wonders if Maryland's Medevac fleet is overused. State officials are thinking about whether to spend $120 on the state's fleet of 12 helicopters.

There's also this nugget:

Legislative auditors found that the state police did not maintain up-to-date maintenance records for its helicopters, keep critical parts in stock or effectively manage parts inventories. A lack of reliable data kept by the police aviation unit also made it impossible for auditors to assess whether the Medevac program transported patients to hospitals within a 60-minute window, a critical time period for emergency medicine.