Comments on: Health Care Inequities: Up Close and Personal http://blogs.kqed.org/healthyideas/2009/05/12/health-care-inequities-up-close-and-personal/ Californians Weigh In on Health Care Reform Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen Smulevitz http://blogs.kqed.org/healthyideas/2009/05/12/health-care-inequities-up-close-and-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Karen Smulevitz Sun, 24 May 2009 17:11:41 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/healthyideas/?p=172#comment-88 Dr. Yancey's story about her mother's treatment illustrates several frustrating aspects of health care. It's too much or too little. Overuse of ambulances obviously contributes to high costs, and alternative modes of transportation should be available. Electronic tracking of patients, while it has its drawbacks, would help ensure continuity of care and communication between multiple caregivers, preventing snap assessments such as occurred in the E.R. in this example. Dr. Yancey’s story about her mother’s treatment illustrates several frustrating aspects of health care. It’s too much or too little. Overuse of ambulances obviously contributes to high costs, and alternative modes of transportation should be available. Electronic tracking of patients, while it has its drawbacks, would help ensure continuity of care and communication between multiple caregivers, preventing snap assessments such as occurred in the E.R. in this example.
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