Monday, June 18, 2007

U.S. hospitals try to pick up the ER pace

(Reuters) - Like the pizzeria that picks up the bill for taking too long, a Kansas City hospital offers cinema passes and a Detroit hospital system gives away major league baseball tickets to patients who wait half an hour for emergency room service.




With competition for healthcare dollars tight and complaints about care on the rise, hospitals from California to Virginia are trying to cut wait times. They pitch "quality care at a moment's notice" and "door to doc" treatment in minutes.


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