Comments on: Clinics Overburdened

By: KC_the_professional_pt.

KC_the_professional_pt. — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:52:00 +0000

This is a problem for any state that has more than a few “big cities” as cities need workers & workers need healthcare. I live in NJ & it’s a frightful situation for the uninsured because they have to go into clinics which are filled to the brim with patients & sorely understaffed & underfunded. Southern NJ residents are getting the worst of it though, as we are treated as a sort of “third world country” & the doctors who are at these clinics suffer from burnout or are just passing through to get training before shuffling on out to greener pastures of their own practices or better clinics. I have seen exactly what you talk about with folks coming in for “stupid stuff” & backing up the time needed for the care of seriously ill or trauma patients. Sadly, a lot of private doctors also sort of “outsource” to the ER for various reasons, be they good or bad, which leads to more problems. I feel for you doc. I really do…

By: Dan m.d.

Dan m.d. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:11:03 +0000

Is it true that ERs can’t financially stay open without the sniffles and colds? Just curious - something I’d heard.

By: Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:54:29 +0000

Emergency medicine seems to be on its way to extinction at the hands of bureaucrats. The proposed JCAHO Screening and Brief Intervention of all patients for alcohol problems looks as if it is going to have a huge impact on the ED.

By: Drama Mama

Drama Mama — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:39:49 +0000

Happenin down here in the south too-