tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post9191425760721435534..comments2023-11-03T04:34:08.300-05:00Comments on Delta Scoop: "Chew the Hay and Spit the Stubble"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post-72266378294998733732007-09-22T20:27:00.000-05:002007-09-22T20:27:00.000-05:00Let's assume Greenville is small enough that one c...Let's assume Greenville is small enough that one can actually find the best MD and staff to care for you, compared to a larger city where you don't have that same information or it is much more difficult to get that information. The best anonymous sources are the nursing staff and former patients as long as they are not identified and held accountable by the hospital for identifying the worst staff and MD's. I go to certain MD's and their staff in Greenville because I know then personally and some grew up here with me and I trust them to tell me who they recommend elsewhere, and usually get 3 choices for me to make. I go to Jackson for other MD's and staff many times because they have the specialties not available in Greenville. I've been to Mayo Clinic in Minnisota. If there is a question about good vs. bad MD's in Greenville, the same question applies in Jackson, Little Rock or Memphis and we have the same problem of weeding out the bad ones. I suspect the worst ones leave Greenville. One problem with lawsuits is that even the best MD's get sued and all MD's lawsuits are paid by insurance companies, not the MD's, and the insurance is mostly paid by the hospitals for their staff; MD's who operate out of a private clinic do pay a lot for liability insurance and guess who actually pays for the insurance in the long run? You and I and our medical insurance policies pay for it and we or our employers pay for all of the costs of liability insurance. Eventually we consumers get the bill.<BR/><BR/>Another subject, dead horse, but when KDH was sold reportedly for $7 millions, I would have bought it for that! Only later were we told that there was another $20 millions involved in loans. I'm not sure the county kept that information from us on purpose? Whatever the case, DMRC no longer has any local competition and that creates a monopoly that leads to incompetence; you can't fool Mother Nature or basic economics about the problems of monopolies. I fear the banks will have to eat those loans, but then we the bottom feeder consumers will eventually pay for the loans with increased medical costs and higher interest rates from banks. National "Health Care" will be even worse for the same reasons and with little incentive to improve.<BR/><BR/>Is there a long-term solution? Yes, but the city and county doesn't seen to understand the problen and solutions. Where does it start? I could accuse every person in the city and county, the underpar education system, the lack of quality work ethic and employable workers for industry and then there are the politicians who cater to the voters with empty promises for every election cycle. The loss of Human Capital (I may be giving away my identity) is the base problem: the factors are 1. Family integrity, 2. Religious influence, 3. Work ethic, yet smart vs. hard work,4. Quality education, 5. Financial frugality. There may be more but Thomas Sowell is the author of several textbooks on culture and success of all the ethnicities in the world. His Human Capital factors are what he sees in any successful groups no matter the bias and discrimination any group faces. Sowell is no "Uncle Tom" as some call him. <BR/><BR/>Is that enough to explain the problems of Greenville, the county the Delta or for that matter, the entire country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post-44437149636143412782007-09-22T20:14:00.000-05:002007-09-22T20:14:00.000-05:00Forthright,Could you tell us who are those incompe...Forthright,<BR/>Could you tell us who are those incompetent and unethical physicians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post-37682311180737178112007-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:00DRMC.. TALK OF THE TOWNI have become a regular rea...DRMC.. TALK OF THE TOWN<BR/><BR/>I have become a regular reader of this blog and i have to say it always offers very interesting opinions.. (because its all opinion) Well im about to give mine i guess. Well first off i have a few questions. Number One Why the hell do u have to buy out your competition ( Kings Daughters) to prove you are the powerhouse. I believe that if you offer excellent service and provide great care. Eventually the others will fall or at least not do enough business to make a difference. I am under the firm belief that if The LEADER, CAPTAIN, or whatever you want to call him or her, were to treat people with respect and create an environment where people are happy and wake up everyday wanting to come to work you want have to worry about buying out the competition. The competition will either have to keep up or fall to the wayside. It amazing how people go to school get a business degree and just think they know everything about running a business. Its not just that simple. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PEOPLE SKILLS(Which many people at DRMC do not have). IF you cant get along and make your employees happy whatever it takes you will never have a truly successful business. I can take a person that has no formal education in running anything, but if they are a people person or can take the time and effort to try to find ways to make there employes happy that business will run every other business of the same type in the ground. Well thats enough about that.. Im SCARED REALLY SCARED. The health care situation in greenville is scary, very scary. What do you do when u have doctors that are not formally trained in the setting they are working. ( for example Emergency Medicine). Thats frightning to me. I hope and pray everyday i do not have to be one of the ones that gets some of that sub-stadard care. The question i want answered is why did the experienced ER doctors leave in the first place, and why any experience travel doctor says not NO to coming to DRMC but HELL NO... Is it that bad there.. Well i think so and many others think so... Like i have said earlier, the key to beating the competition and bringing in the money,(which im sure is the goal of DRMC) is to keep peace among the ranks. If you cant trust your leader eventually the ship will be lost at sea because all the hands rowing will give up and the ship will go anyway it wants, (probably down). That has happened at DRMC, anybody and everybody that knew the way the ship handled, knew the ins and outs and had any type of knowledge is gone, (they have jumped shipped so to speak) so what do you do. I dont know what needs to be done at DRMC, but i would guess the people need to storm the CAPTAIN'S Quarters and throw him overboard and start fresh. Thats what they did in the old days, you become stagnant and no good to anyone they replace you. I believe start at the top and work you way down, thats what needs to happen. Plain and simple. Well in the words of the once famous FOREST GUMP "THATS ALL IVE GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com