碰巧知道Geisinger Health System名聲在外。 Obamacare剛開始時有專家就在講Geisinger Health System有很多地方值得別的醫院學習, 比如他們90年代就開始用電子病曆。。。又查了一下,紐約時報2007年的文章就在講他們不錯。。。 就醫院來講,您和胖子可以放心。。。
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/17quality.html?pagewanted=2
Geisinger does not have the name recognition of a Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic, but it is among the country’s most sophisticated health systems. It has employed electronic health records for more than a decade, for example, which means Geisinger can closely track the care it provides and the results achieved — in detailed ways that are nearly impossible for the many hospital systems that do not have its degree of digital coordination.
Another Geisinger edge is that it directly employs the bulk of the doctors who practice at its hospitals. That is in contrast to most hospital systems, even the country’s biggest and best, where doctors typically act as independent contractors — making it harder for a hospital to coax them toward a uniform set of procedures, and often leaving it unclear who is responsible for follow-up care.