Posts Tagged ‘emergency care’

Top 5 Coolest People in Healthcare 2009: Coolest ER House Call Doc

December 28, 2009 in Cost Control, Healthcare, reform | Comments (0)

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Who knew 21st century house calls could be so hip, so high-tech and so emergency-room oriented? Hospitalization is so last century. ER physician C. Gresham Bayne, MD, is a pioneer in keeping severely ill Medicare patients at home. He’s wringing the expense, waste, discomfort, indignity, and stress out of US emergency care the old fashioned way: making house calls. The founder and president of Call Doctor Medical Group seeks to provide better care for the elderly and save 10 times the money. Sounds like a no-brainer, doesn’t it?

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The "New" Healthcare System: Mirror Image of the Old?

October 12, 2009 in Cost Control, Healthcare, reform | Comments (0)

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Whether you’re pro-reform or strongly opposed to it, you may be surprised at what the “new” US healthcare system looks like. Read it here.

Editors Note: Broken external links on last week’s posts have now been fixed!