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> ER / Hospital performance was tied to their pain scores and the generous administration of pain medication to patients... Trace back how these performance me
by yourapostasy 9y ago
> ER / Hospital performance was tied to their pain scores and the generous administration of pain medication to patients...
Trace back how these performance metrics were chosen, look in history if there was any advocacy or studies funded by Sackler-controlled/-influenced parties to tilt the selection of performance measurements towards subjective pain "scoring". It would be interesting to find out if Arthur's insight of nebulous broad applications was generalized to pushing for these kinds of metrics.
After reading how Epipen configured a de facto monopoly, I've wondered where else this kind of corporate behavior shows up within our economic landscape. None of it breaks any laws, but I have to wonder if anyone involved regrets the consequences engendered.
- Spooky23 9y agoThat more about managed care and managing ER outcomes like help desk tickets. The old fee for service models are going away as costs increase. Medicare and Medicaid HMOs pay for “results”, not visits. So you need to either get admitted or get the hell out and don’t come back to the ERir they lose revenue.