tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post7535691666718216509..comments2023-10-25T04:44:35.462-04:00Comments on Rather Than Working: No Wonder it Costs So MuchDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-37021320829880560442009-10-31T12:36:29.318-04:002009-10-31T12:36:29.318-04:00Good luck to your friend and a speedy recovery!
I...Good luck to your friend and a speedy recovery!<br /><br />I work in healthcare. Piedmont is typical of a GOOD hospital (no, I do not work at that particular facility, but I have been there). I can say with certainty that there is a heavy emphasis on patient satisfaction these days. We live and die by our <a href="http://www.pressganey.com/" rel="nofollow">Press-Ganey</a> ratings. My employer asks us to be as friendly and helpful to patients as we can possibly be.fermicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912496005011895707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-4638020897717580342009-10-30T18:03:33.150-04:002009-10-30T18:03:33.150-04:00Thanks for your well wishing. Last report, the he...Thanks for your well wishing. Last report, the heavy stuff wore off and he's got a bit of pain, the text I got this morning was "Word for the day: Ouch!" He was alive this afternoon when I called, a bit stir crazy.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-13489803183334309492009-10-30T12:18:32.165-04:002009-10-30T12:18:32.165-04:00Take it from me, the more money you spend on healt...Take it from me, the more money you spend on health care doesn't necessarily translate to a more friendly staff.<br /><br />Best wishes to your friend; may he get well soon.dr sardonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198551434246302063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-30515713349895408242009-10-30T01:49:42.511-04:002009-10-30T01:49:42.511-04:00glad the operation was a success and I wish your f...glad the operation was a success and I wish your friend Cop a speedy recovery!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319000223773398092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-25083485450210881732009-10-29T22:07:39.957-04:002009-10-29T22:07:39.957-04:00With respect to the size and amount of walking you...With respect to the size and amount of walking you did in this hospital -reminded me of the trips daughter Mandy and I have made over the past three years to Pittsburgh (surgery and check-up visits with my surgeon) to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. I think UPMC at the local where we've been is like three, maybe four hospitals in one. It's huge anyway and very confusing. I'm lucky if we can find our way to my doctor's office and we are both really lucky if we can find our way back to the garage -remembering which one -where the car is parked. One visit, we did get lost in the garage and trust me, walking around on those parking ramps, it is like Bill Cosby says about old times and walking to school "Uphill, both ways!" Took us almost an hour going up and down ramps, finding another sub-section of the garage, (lather, rinse, repeat). All I know is I really got my exercise in on those trips!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-14210872361796264082009-10-29T20:31:34.557-04:002009-10-29T20:31:34.557-04:00I had eye surgery last week. Everyone was very pro...I had eye surgery last week. Everyone was very professional but not overly friendly. Until they found out who I was (a long time nurse recognized the name)- the wife of a doctor. I was then given royal treatment. I don't think that should have mattered. If you can give one patient royal treatment, why can't you give everyone royal treatment?<br /><br />I haven't seen a bill yet but I'm sure it will be a real eye opener.<br /><br />Cops are my favorite people - glad he is doing well.Sonja's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696694912040093876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-42890690308125366582009-10-29T19:14:49.797-04:002009-10-29T19:14:49.797-04:00I really like the last line of your post. They...I really like the last line of your post. They've got the right kind of religion there at Piedmont.<br /><br />Conversely, I visited a fine Rochester hospital twice in the early morning hours today, taking in two patients to the emergency room. In the adult ward, nobody smiled. They were more friendly in pediatric.<br /><br />As far as cost goes, neither patient probably needed a trip to the hospital. Both could easily have seen their personal physicians in the morning, with no ill effects from the wait. But our culture of defensive medicine treats every event as a possible tragedy, so off goes the ambulance and into the ER it goes. The combined bill for EACH patient, neither of which likely needed treatment, probably totalled $2,000. What price, peace of mind!Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.com