re: Apparently private equity is buying up small hospitals in LA

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LaLadyinTx

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As a long time hospital CFO, I agree with everything you said. It's always so annoying watching people who aren't in the business side of healthcare posting about what they think because they have no fricking clue what they are talking about. We have the most disjointed healthcare system that is possible and because of that it is significantly more expensive than anywhere else on earth. We The way it's patched together hurts care as well because most of the people taking care of you don't actually have all your healthcare info. Therefore they do the same tests, diagnostics, etc. over and over. There has been a good bit of legislation trying to mandate EMRs and make it so that your info was portable and providers could easily access it. All have failed. Our system sucks.

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This lady knows what is up. I am a Sr Consultant with Oracle America and can attest to how f'd up the EMR/EHR connectivity issue is. We are trying our best to get it all connected but its nowhere near as easy as it sounds