Hospitals Need to Build Coalitions

The following post is from Robert Polzoni.
During the recent California budget crisis a coalition of hospitals, doctors, nurses, clinics, seniors and consumers took the fight to the legislature and the Governor.
Led by hospital systems Catholic Healthcare West and Kaiser Permanente, the coalition included the California Medical Association, the California Primary Care Association, AARP, the Service [...]

Everybody Likes to Watch Movies

The following post is from Stephen Texeira
Okay, here’s a little video I found on YouTube today that I thought you all might be interested in.  It’s described as “testimonials from real patients and physicians on how the Internet has helped them with their health care treatment and delivery.”
There are two things that I want to [...]

Surviving the Emergency Room

The following post is from Robert Polzoni.
Twice over the past year I’ve had to take my aging mother to the emergency room after she had fallen. We spent seven hours in the ER during our first visit and 10 hours on our second visit. As my mother lay on a gurney in a hallway, because [...]

Hike in Co-pays and Deductibles Blamed on Hospitals

The following post is from Stephen Texeira
That’s the headline we all may be seeing soon. I read an AP story yesterday that talked about a recently released survey. The survey reports that in 2009, 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs by passing the expense on to workers in the [...]