Comments on: ER crisis http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/er-crisis.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: shadowfaxhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/er-crisis.html#comment-74892 shadowfax Fri, 11 May 2007 05:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/er-crisis.html#comment-74892 This is happening under the radar but it is really important. There is potential for a loss of millions of disproportionate share dollars from the hospitals with the thinnest margins. Grady may well shut down as a result, and there are other county hospitals across the country which are in a similarly tenuous financial position. when they go under, who's going to pick up the burden of all those indigent patients? This is happening under the radar but it is really important. There is potential for a loss of millions of disproportionate share dollars from the hospitals with the thinnest margins. Grady may well shut down as a result, and there are other county hospitals across the country which are in a similarly tenuous financial position. when they go under, who’s going to pick up the burden of all those indigent patients?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/er-crisis.html#comment-74870 Anonymous Thu, 10 May 2007 20:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/er-crisis.html#comment-74870 It's a disappointing article after a terrific lead-in: I thought it was going to be about how ED's really are stretched tight, but turned into a funding problem piece (which is still very important), but the lead-in is misleading.<br/><br/>OTOH, it proves their point: saying there's an ED crisis is now so cliche it's used as a lead-in for other stories.<br/><br/>GruntDoc It’s a disappointing article after a terrific lead-in: I thought it was going to be about how ED’s really are stretched tight, but turned into a funding problem piece (which is still very important), but the lead-in is misleading.

OTOH, it proves their point: saying there’s an ED crisis is now so cliche it’s used as a lead-in for other stories.

GruntDoc

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