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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
So... triage?
A better solution would be more general practitioners and a decreased emphasis placed on the emergency department as a form of primary health care, in conjunction with the creation of smaller urgent care centre type clinics in high risk neighborhoods which act as a mediary between a walk in clinic and an emergency department.
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I am employed at an urgent care facility. They still cost the system $700+ per visit. While the walk in across the street is 1/3 of that.
People don't seem to understand what urgent care is. That is part of the problem. That is why they need to be assessed by someone to show them where to go.
There are tons of health care dollars wasted daily by patients in the health care system. And tons of staffing issues that lead to Nurses making mandatory double time pay etc. They system needs an overhaul. It is sick.