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Originally Posted by Aleks
As a paramedic in the system, we have been pushing forever to do alternative destinations for people to get the care they need. We do it a bit below board right now because we are trying to make the system work, but make no mistake the drive to keep patients going to emergency is 100 percent physician driven. The term 'you call we haul' isn't far off, as the expectation by physicians is every person that calls 911 gets transported to a hospital, regardless of the complaint. They are fee for service as well, and they have no interest diverting that income. Once they remove that incentive I am positive you'd see more support for diverting patients or referring patients.... This is a huge push from us right now..... Dare to dream
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My sister is also a paramedic, and if I understand correctly she is already fulfilling this role from time to time in certain rural hospitals.
Makes complete sense to me.