Comments on: One of the Nation’s Most Efficient Emergency Rooms http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-of-the-nation%e2%80%99s-most-efficient-emergency-rooms/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-of-the-nation%e2%80%99s-most-efficient-emergency-rooms/comment-page-1/#comment-54830 Tom H. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:13:19 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9290#comment-54830 Doc in the Box and other alternatives to emergency rooms are much preferable. Doc in the Box and other alternatives to emergency rooms are much preferable.

]]> By: Virginia http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-of-the-nation%e2%80%99s-most-efficient-emergency-rooms/comment-page-1/#comment-54823 Virginia Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:22:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9290#comment-54823 Emergency rooms have got to be the worst places on earth. The mobile cart is probably a good idea. And the windows/natural light sound great. But I'm not sure that I want my wound stitched in front of the entire waiting room. How do they ensure privacy? Why not create a sort of two-stage process whereby the more serious patients get sent to a more rigorous setting and the less serious get their own cubicle in a room directly adjacent to the waiting room? Maybe I just don't like being in a waiting room. Emergency rooms have got to be the worst places on earth. The mobile cart is probably a good idea. And the windows/natural light sound great.

But I’m not sure that I want my wound stitched in front of the entire waiting room. How do they ensure privacy?

Why not create a sort of two-stage process whereby the more serious patients get sent to a more rigorous setting and the less serious get their own cubicle in a room directly adjacent to the waiting room?

Maybe I just don’t like being in a waiting room.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-of-the-nation%e2%80%99s-most-efficient-emergency-rooms/comment-page-1/#comment-54820 Devon Herrick Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:33:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9290#comment-54820 If you have a medical emergency, you can either drive to the ER or call an ambulance. Experts say in a real emergency, call an ambulance because those patients take priority over walk-in patients. But maybe instead of a triage system, they could cut out the middleman by having the ambulance staff take care of your problem at your house with no need to cart you to the hospital. If you have a medical emergency, you can either drive to the ER or call an ambulance. Experts say in a real emergency, call an ambulance because those patients take priority over walk-in patients.

But maybe instead of a triage system, they could cut out the middleman by having the ambulance staff take care of your problem at your house with no need to cart you to the hospital.

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