Thank you Shari. Your contribution to addressing this & other serious healthcare issues over the years has been laudable.
The failure of inpatient bed capacity to keep up with population is stark, albeit sameday outpatient surgery with new techniques have changed a 2-day hospital stay into a long afternoon in post-op. And, changes in healthcare funding policy has forced hospitals & others to dramatically change business practices.
In Arizona, in the late 1990’s to late 2000’s the Arizona ACEP Chapter had a huge impact on hospital crowding, to which you alluded.
But, now, here we are again & what appears to be worse & more wide-spread. So once again, the Arizona Chapter Board is taking action to draw attention to & impact this serious issue.
This time, we have chosen to employ data (not readily available in the past) to incentivize hospitals to take appropriate action & join with the EM community to lobby for policy changes. Anyone interested may contact me for a summary.
Thanks again for summarizing this timely topic.
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Todd B Taylor, MD, FACEPThank you Shari. Your contribution to addressing this & other serious healthcare issues over the years has been laudable.
The failure of inpatient bed capacity to keep up with population is stark, albeit sameday outpatient surgery with new techniques have changed a 2-day hospital stay into a long afternoon in post-op. And, changes in healthcare funding policy has forced hospitals & others to dramatically change business practices.
In Arizona, in the late 1990’s to late 2000’s the Arizona ACEP Chapter had a huge impact on hospital crowding, to which you alluded.
But, now, here we are again & what appears to be worse & more wide-spread. So once again, the Arizona Chapter Board is taking action to draw attention to & impact this serious issue.
This time, we have chosen to employ data (not readily available in the past) to incentivize hospitals to take appropriate action & join with the EM community to lobby for policy changes. Anyone interested may contact me for a summary.
Thanks again for summarizing this timely topic.