ER Continues!

Yes I am still in the ER!! The Monday's are always crazy around here...my muzing for the day has to be the visit to the ER for "coordination of care." 2 patients came in for this today. What is this you ask? It is when people come to the ER not for any complaint, but in order to get hooked up to the referring service. The scary thing is that patients are often actually referred from their primary doctor! Now this is instead of the way I would think to go to a specialist...I would go to my primary doctor and have them refer me. I sometimes just don't get it. I would love to hear people's thoughts. Happy Monday!

The Emergency Room!!

Talk about the front lines of medicine! This is where people go when the healthcare system fails. It really is amazing as 90% of the families that I see come for a fever for 2 hours...and at 3am! Go figure! Hey, it is often free because it is an emergency right. I do not know what the answer is, but we will see what ObamaCare brings us!

A large problem where I work is immigrant care and what to do about it. It certainly is costing America and arm and a leg, but will the new and improved system that is going through Congress do anything for the problem? It remains to be seen. Any thoughts on this internet world: Undocumented Immigrant Care.

Stay tuned for future healthcare related posts!