Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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And one more criticism----ALL of this should be explained to the patient. There is a lot less confusion when the patient knows what is going on and why. Unfortunately, this tends not to happen.
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Hope you stay with TOTV so as to add some intelligent input to this forum that is so filled with less than accurate posts.
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You comments are on target with two exceptions. You note that ER physicians and nurses are not the cause of jammed ERs. Generally this is true. However, if physician and nurse staffing is not altered to deal with higher volumes, they do become bottle necks. For example, if a hospital staffs the ER physicians at certain level during summer, and maintains that level in season, there is a high possibility of the docs becoming a cause of the waits and log jam. The same with ER nurses, lab and X-ray techs, etc. Now this is not necessarily the fault of these professionals. It is more likely caused by management's failure to plan and staff properly. Having said that, management may well understand the problem, but may not be able to find sufficient staff in season to deal with the volume. Florida is a staffing nightmare for most hospitals when 50% of beds may be filled in summer, and the census might be 110% in season.
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A Trip To The Villages Hospital
I really don't know how TV Hospital's efficiency would stack up against others. But related to any single experience...
Don't forget about the possibility that it was simply a bad night. Nobody can predict bad accidents or sudden health issues. There might be a long stretch with very few bad occurrences. Then all you-know-what might break loose. That's the nature of random events. Nothing can eliminate the possibility of unforeseeable events on a given night resulting in backups and delays...regardless of planning and staffing levels. |
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A tale of two ERs: Beth Israel in Boston and Albany Med in NY--- The staff and doctors at Beth Israel were grumpy, slow to react, and overall lacked courtesy, even though it is acknowledged as one of the best hospitals in the world. Albany Med is just as busy, but everyone is cheerful and helpful. It's not a reflection on the abilities of either staff, but rather on the culture that developed, and apparently is allowed to continue |
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hi from recent experience with my mom and dad, I think if
you arrive in an ambulance you definitely get top priority. I have several experiences with our Village Regional Hospital, and I am so relieved that they are here. You just need to be persistant and say what you mean, but don't say it mean. |
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Overcrowded chaotic emergency rooms are legendary so much so that for years they have been portrayed in movies and TV sitcoms. One would believe that this would have been enough for medical providers to invent a newer and better model by now? Historical statistical data can provide valuable information for optimum staffing and newer yet safe protocols, etc. Short of a catastrophic event every emergency room should be able to reasonable accommodate patients Indeed the Rashamon Effect may be an element of story telling but when you are placed in a corner in an uncomfortable chair with cramping belly pains dry heaves and continuing retching you can throw that theory out the window. As you sit there you watch other patients who can barely hold themselves in their chairs expecting anyone of them to drop to the floor. And when you are the one in such pain and understand that triage is necessary, it however affords little comfort. And while a medical person does and must remain somewhat callous concerning pain and suffering I do not believe they are barrier to a better and more responsive emergency room. I lay the blame at the feet of bureaucrats medical, insurance government. Hospital management , insurance interested in profit margins and government interested in controlling 1/6th of our economy. Some medical providers do cash only business because they do not want to deal with the red tape and I can't blame them. I was asked to manage a facility that was a complete disaster..there go to guy. I negotiated a great transfer package and said I would accept provided they granted me the freedom in which to act and the essential funds to get the job done. With this clear understanding I accepted. When I assumed that position my customers told me to my face that we were the last place they would do business. when I left these same customers were telling me we were the first place they go to. The fix was easy the problem or would be problem is always the bureaucracy. Personal Best Regards: |
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I am stealing that very nice line.
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Your last sentence is completely accurate. And on top of that, the bureaucracy never likes change. At one time I was responsible for 4 hospitals in Las Vegas. We built a fifth and used its newness to try and improve processes that were creating bottlenecks to care. One of our fixes in the ER was to put a highly competent RN or PA right out in the ER waiting room. That RN was the first person to greet an incoming (non ambulance) patient. He/she made decisions about prioritizing care and told the patient/family where they were in the queue. All waiting room patients were updated by the RN frequently. It seldom took more than 30 minutes for a patient to be seen by a doc. If the wait was expected to take longer, a non-emergency patient was told they might want to consider going to an urgent care center and given a printed list of alternative care locations. The process worked so well we moved it into the other hospitals. Some ERs took it well and ran with it. Two ERs had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future. All the ERs significantly improved throughput, handled increased volume easily, reduced door to door time, and patient satisfaction increased. Compare that to the TVRH ER. A volunteer with no authority or medical knowledge is the only person whom a patient may see for hours in the waiting room. Rather than take patient data sheets back to the triage nurse (who is hidden in a room where he/she can't see the waiting room) as the patients complete them, the volunteer takes them back after gathering a few. The patient sheets are put in a pile in the triage room without regard to priority- because the volunteer can't make medical decisions. One experience with the TVRH ER went something like this. My wife fell in the shower, badly fractured her ankle, and went to the ER by ambulance. Inside the ER she was held in a hall on a stretcher because the treatment rooms were all full. I was not allowed to stay with her, so I was in the waiting room. About two hours after arrival she was brought out to the waiting room in a wheelchair. She had not as yet received any tests or treatment and her ankle was not properly protected when she was moved to the wheelchair from the stretcher. After several more hours she still had not been seen so I insisted that the triage nurse come out to talk with me. More time passed before that conversation took place. As I recall it was about five or six hours before she finally had an X-ray. Still no pain med and not seen for that entire time by a doc. Finally she was admitted and moved to an inpatient room. It took several plates and numerous screws to repair her ankle in surgery a day or two later. Now I know TVRH has built a larger ER, but architecture seldom corrects bad processes. Unless they make some significant changes in the way the ER is operated, things cannot improve.
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I have experienced the same waiting three years ago and I see nothing has improved.
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I believe any expansion must be government approved and there are demographics that must be met. Requests and funding must be started years before approvals are granted. I would think, based on the growth curve of TV, the approvals are always behind that curve.
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AHCA:CON FA
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Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability (William Osler) The precursory comment every time a doctor is deposed or sworn in at a trial is "within a medical certainty"does.... Its an known unknown by many that medicine is not precise. Diagnostic testing are measured by their predictive values and likelihood...what I am leading to is that because of these uncertainties its all the more reason that administrative people need to get the heck out of the way between the relationship of doctor-patient. To employees who work in such chaos day after day it soon becomes normal, "I am paid to do my job and I do my job". To patients in the waiting room its a mystery that these employees can't see what they see? But administrative people ( medical insurance, government)maintain control for profit, bonuses, , power. Let's us not forget those heroes who would be honor to handle your claim who force medical people to practice defensive medicine What a waste of resources and time. Clearly the tort laws need to be changed and given that medicine is imprecise its that much more important because many doctors may be held to a higher standard then is realistic |
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We agree.
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