Here is an interesting story (short read) about a new kind of ER that's popping up across the country. These are not connected to hospitals. They are private Er's.
Patients Can Pay A High Price For ER Convenience : Shots - Health News : NPR
"Medical entrepreneurs are remaking the emergency room experience. They're pulling the emergency room out of the hospital and planting it in the strip mall.
It's called a "free-standing ER," and some 400 of them have opened across the country in the past four years."
They tend to be located in areas where people are affluent and are likely to have good medical insurance.
Any thoughts? Russ Boston?