Yes, I read that article when it first came out. A lot of the criticism I see in that article seems to be coming from the view point that it must be bad because the hospital has a financial interest in it. And no one, including me, said that the program didn't have the hospital's financial interests in mind. I just happen to think that a program can benefit the hospital, the patients and the community clinics. They definitely need to put more resources into bolstering the community clinics that they are referring patients to. And it certainly needs to be a program that isn't used as an excuse to not help people that they really should be helping.
I think the idea behind the program is solid though and I appreciate people taking collaborative, innovative approaches to health care concerns. It may not be perfect in its execution. Hopefully they will show humility and continue to work with critics to address concerns. But do you really think that anyone would be better off without this plan in place? Was the status quo that good? I'm just not seeing how anyone is coming out a villain here. Judah On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103646_pf.html > They don't all agree with you. > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > "Sends them away"? No, the program in question tries to get patients to > > other medical care that is better suited to their needs. Emergency rooms > are > > expensive to both the hospital and the patient and they are geared toward > > treating..wait for it...emergencies. With declining numbers of people > having > > decent health insurance, more and more people have turned to emergency > rooms > > as primary health care avenues, which is not what they are set up to be. > The > > program she helped but together established a system of referrals to get > > people into community health clinics so they could get actual primary > care. > > In no way did the emergency room shove off people experiencing > emergencies. > > To suggest otherwise is disingenuous and crass, not to mention just plain > > wrong. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268978 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
