New Posts For Thread: Coming Soon! A Hospital Closing Near You!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!Welcome to the ACA! Thank you barrak obama!Folks, understand while you are sleeping at night the ACA is going into effect. Much to the joy of the Left, and to the chagrin of the Right.Ok, so now a purely arbitrary patient survey is going to accountReally TENAC, it's your thread, so it's up to you whether you care that it gets derailed, but unless you can determine that Canadians don't have enough hospitals because several of them had to close because of a patient satisfaction survey that affechttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519192161#519192161Really TENAC, it's your thread, so it's up to you whether you care that it gets derailed, but unless you can determine that Canadians don't have enough hospitals because several of them had to close because of a patient satisfaction survey that affecMon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:25 -0500And you know this how?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519191613#519191613And you know this how?Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:36 -0500Jas, when a province runs out of funding, the patient is placed on a wait list, unless its an emergency. We have Ortho's here that literally work in Canada until they have capped out. With each reform they attempt, they wind up back at the same plahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519191125#519191125Jas, when a province runs out of funding, the patient is placed on a wait list, unless its an emergency. We have Ortho's here that literally work in Canada until they have capped out. With each reform they attempt, they wind up back at the same plaMon, 30 Apr 2012 14:33:32 -0500Indeed they have. That is what learning organizations do. They use data for continuous improvement.But the point of the article is that even Canada's efforts to improve by attacking wait times suffers from a lack of consistency in what is being measuhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519190457#519190457Indeed they have. That is what learning organizations do. They use data for continuous improvement.But the point of the article is that even Canada's efforts to improve by attacking wait times suffers from a lack of consistency in what is being measuMon, 30 Apr 2012 14:08:59 -0500The study is 12 years old. You read it. Since that article, Canada has attempted to reduce wait times through reform efforts. I am glad uwo is doing your research for you.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519190287#519190287The study is 12 years old. You read it. Since that article, Canada has attempted to reduce wait times through reform efforts. I am glad uwo is doing your research for you.Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:02:13 -0500I am grateful to Unworthyone for providing the analysis of the reality I have been describing for you anecdotally for years. I urge you to read the study.Are you trying to claim now that conservatives want to spend more on health care?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519190103#519190103I am grateful to Unworthyone for providing the analysis of the reality I have been describing for you anecdotally for years. I urge you to read the study.Are you trying to claim now that conservatives want to spend more on health care?Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:57:50 -0500TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken Lithttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519181825#519181825TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken LitMon, 30 Apr 2012 10:06:08 -0500My team predates the Clinton administration. We are responsible 7X24 for systems that keep patients alive. We implemented the CMS client for our quality assurance providers with four man hours of work, and they have improved our reimbursement by tenshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519180985#519180985My team predates the Clinton administration. We are responsible 7X24 for systems that keep patients alive. We implemented the CMS client for our quality assurance providers with four man hours of work, and they have improved our reimbursement by tensMon, 30 Apr 2012 09:37:15 -0500TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken Lithttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519178609#519178609TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken LitMon, 30 Apr 2012 08:11:13 -0500TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken Lithttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29085789/Coming_Soon!__A_Hospital_Closing_Near_You!?post_id=519145047#519145047TENAC, as pointed out, you look silly. The truth is as long as there are patients and doctors there will be hospitals. And the fact that hospitals now have a small incentive to improve their customer service is no reason to go into your Chicken LitSun, 29 Apr 2012 08:10:27 -0500