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ATLANTA, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Healthcare, a leading not-for-profit health care system in the Southeast, announced that it has named Porter Novelli as its public relations agency of record.

ATLANTA, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGA) and Piedmont Healthcare announced today that they have reached agreement on a three-year contract, effective August 1, 2009. Under the agreement, BCBSGA HMO/POS and PPO members can continue to access Piedmont Healthcare as an in-network provider, including services from Piedmont Clinic physicians, Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, and Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Newnan.

ATLANTA, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AtlantaNAP (www.atlantanap.com), a premier co-location facility, today announced its newest client, Piedmont Healthcare. As part of continual operational excellence planning and to support future growth, Piedmont will use AtlantaNAP to provide a primary data center facility for its healthcare operations.

Patients experiencing symptoms associated with heart conditions or stroke frequently undergo multiple tests over the course of several days for physicians to make an accurate diagnosis.