Making sure that Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton’s opening syncs with Hall County’s emergency services has been anything but an afterthought in the new hospital’s overall planning efforts, officials say. In fact, planning started when the Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System first sought state certification nearly a decade ago, said Chad Black, deputy chief of Hall County Fire Services. “We were partners throughout the whole process,” said Scott Masters, the hospital’s director of emergency medical transportation.