Healthcare Update Satellite — 03-04-2015

Homeless North Carolina VA patient comes into the ED to be evaluated for the sores on his feet. His shoes are falling apart. Nurse Chuck Maulden bandages up the patient’s feet and then gives the patient the brand new Nike sneakers off of his own feet. Chuck then works the rest of his shift in a pair of shoe covers and doesn’t say anything about it. Only way that people found out was because the patient’s family called to say thank you. We need more people like Chuck. I’m not aware of too many uses for virtual reality in medicine, but this seems to be a good one: seeing what it’s like to suffer from schizophrenia. Imagine being cooped up in an elevator with strangers staring at you and voices telling you “you will fail”. The author of the article wore the VR headset only briefly, but noted that after he removed the headset, “the feeling of discomfort lingered.” Long Island woman fights to keep database about NY physicians online. It is scheduled to go offline due to lack of funding. “Choosing someone because they were nice just didn’t work anymore.” Just think, you can always rely upon the accurate and reliable data from Press Ganey and Healthgrades.com. /sarcasm. Long Island town demanding that nearby hospital construct an emergency department in its town. Hurricane Sandy destroyed the prior hospital in 2012. Commenter to the article notes “Everyone wants the luxury and availability of a hospital but fails ...
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