Earlier this week, emergency medicine specialist Dr. Sandra Schneider identified emergency department overcrowding as a symptom of hospital overcrowding in part one of my interview with her. In part two yesterday, we identified better collaboration between medical imaging and emergency care leaders as critical towards managing overcrowding.
In the final part of my interview below, we put our focus squarely on the patient, as we learn how all of medicine must work together to improve the cost efficiency of care, without sacrificing improvements to patient outcomes.
How do you see the new focus on improving patient outcomes impacting emergency medical care and/or reimbursements?
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