Emergency Departments

The Death of Primary Care

by: jdwolverton

Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 20:21:16 PM PST

(We welcome user jdwolverton to the ranks of the front-page writers at Cure This, and look forward to many more thought provoking posts by her in the near future. This post is especially timely... - promoted by los anjalis)

Welcome to the Up Scale Hospital Emergency Department. It's the latest thing in New York City health care. Renovating Emergency Departments so they are more comfortable and can accomodate patients who are:

1. Uninsured,

2. Don't have a regular physician,

3. Have an acute condition that really shouldn't wait the 2-3 weeks to get a new patient appointment at a doctor's office.

4. Have a regular physician, but their acute condition really shouldn't wait the 6 days to 2 weeks to get an established patient appointment at their doctor's office.

5. Need care, but can't wait for the doctor's office to open.

It's a good thing. These people are more comfortable while they wait for care, but from another perspective it's just another band aid on the gaping wound created by our broken health care system.

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