the issues with emergency room treatment (or lack of it) has been around for too many years now. Is there any doubt in anybody's mind the powers that be are aware? Of course they are. Improvements as a result.....none perceptable yet.
Those who work there know the problems as well and all they can do is the best possible with what they have.
Why no improvement? I have a hypothesis: too high a percentage of patients that are medicare insured. Hence much lower revenue per patient than other non retirement populations that have a younger than medicare average age.
As a result it becomes more challenging for administrators to meet the bottom line/financial goals.
For too many years now the objective of hospitals has shifted from a patient priority orientation to a financial/business priority. Two totally different concepts.
Look at the bright side. As bad as things may be at TV hospital, it is as good as it will ever be. With the new health care laws going into effect and the associated rising costs and reduced per patient compensation....IT CAN ONLY GET WORSE!!!!!!!
When known issues and problems persist in an environment owned and operated by supposedly intelligent folks and boards one need not wonder too long about why is that. Check out the priority measurememnts and accountability goals and objectives of the administration.
For all the bragging and boasting about the quality of care from the "health care alliance" powers that be.....shame on them for deriliction of their duty....knowingly allowing undue pain and suffering as a result of not providing sufficient resources to appropriately care for the critical and hurting
patient.
We all know many of TV hospital board. How many have written them or called them and expressed displeasure over these too many incidents?
In today's let us not offend anybody society.....not enough!!!!
What a testimony to the spectacular health care at TV hospital...instructions to emergency crew....DO NOT TAKE ME TO TV ER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btk
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