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I had thought maybe this was needed because of the patient being treated remotely, but the article says it was at the ICU and the family was told "the doctor wa
by danso 8y ago
I had thought maybe this was needed because of the patient being treated remotely, but the article says it was at the ICU and the family was told "the doctor was going to make rounds". Was this particular doctor actually at the facility?He didn't look he was dressed to work at the ICU that day.
- jcrawfordor 8y agoMy best guess is that he was a specialist not currently available at that hospital, so they had him consulting via telepresence. It makes sense then that the news might come from him but it seems obvious that another physician from the hospital should have at least been present, if not read the results themselves with the specialist available by video for questions.
- stevenwoo 8y agoI haven't had a chance to talk to him about this, but an acquaintance of mine is an ER doctor for Kaiser and he showed me training material for this system at home last year he was required to learn, he groaned when he talked about. Not sure if he could use it from home. Possibly Kaiser is trying to cover more hospitals with less doctors.
- ken 8y agoKaiser bought my healthcare co-op a couple years ago. They promised that prices wouldn't increase, and that they could provide better service for everyone under a unified system. Each year since then, my personal premiums (on the cheapest plan they offer) have gone up by 20%, with no improvement in service, and with no cheaper options added. I don't know how low-income people are supposed to be able to afford this. I've never even used my plan, except for flu shots and dental checkups, but I'm involved in dangerous work and play so I can't exactly cancel. I assume Kaiser today is just a generic big company run by bean-counters. This doesn't surprise me in the least.