I was squawking about this before COViD. For years the regional hospitals would send representatives out to the smaller rural hospitals saying “send us your more challenging patients “. As small rural hospitals could not keep up with updating equipment and services due to their lack of funds, they closed more services and became “critical access hospitals “, which I have heard referred to as “pack and ships”. Now our system is in dire straits because there (as predicted 35 years ago) are not enough resources, and here we are...
I was squawking about this before COViD. For years the regional hospitals would send representatives out to the smaller rural hospitals saying “send us your more challenging patients “. As small rural hospitals could not keep up with updating equipment and services due to their lack of funds, they closed more services and became “critical access hospitals “, which I have heard referred to as “pack and ships”. Now our system is in dire straits because there (as predicted 35 years ago) are not enough resources, and here we are...
Ed Leap for Surgeon General!
Here’s a good illustration: https://youtu.be/sXsIJ2rPVvE