as long as the community clinics exist and have capacity why would this not be a good thing?
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:269000 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
