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The article states that the hospital didn't actually make money off of the show. It was all about publicity, so that when you or a loved one is hurt, their name
by in_cahoots 12y ago
The article states that the hospital didn't actually make money off of the show. It was all about publicity, so that when you or a loved one is hurt, their name is the first one to come to mind.
- ak217 12y agoThey got the publicity all right, just not the kind that they wanted. Now NewYork-Presbyterian will be known as that hospital that tried to get publicity out of their patient's suffering.
- nraynaud 12y agoI don't think I would ever bring a loved one in an hospital with a religious name if I have the choice.
- cldellow 12y agoJust to clarify, if given the choice between two hospitals: "St. Joseph's Hospital" and "John Smith's Hospital" and you hear that the former has a statistically significant advantage in the area of care that your loved one needs... you would choose the second one, because of its name?
- nraynaud 12y agofrankly, I live in a country where only old ones have a religious name (for historical reasons, they are owned buy public entities), the new ones bear the name of a famous doctor, and the free ambulance will send you to the closest public one (unless it's specialized, like extended burns, then it's probably free helicopter to the relevant hospital). I'm still curious of how carefully selected the publicly available positive statistics on an hospital having a marketing department and operating on a competitive basis are.
- colinbartlett 12y agoSo they are monetizing the show in a creative way. They are still making money off of the show.
- _asummers 12y agoThat's when they hire the Hollywood accountants to come in and claim the show actually had losses.