Tips For Choosing The Right Hospital
All hospitals are definitely not created equal. Specialty and "boutique-type" hospitals are popping up in every good sized town and the ones that used to be of the "general" variety, have also restructured, added or deleted services and found their niche in the new world of hospital services. To make it even more confusing, many free-standing surgery centers, 24 hour emergency centers and other ancillary service centers are proliferating at a phenomenal rate. As a retired health care business development specialist, I can only imagine how hospital systems are scrambling to keep up and position themselves as the leaders with the newest and best equipment and services. But, as a consumer, how do you know that the hospital you choose is really the right one for you? There is an enormous amount of very clinical (and sometimes confusing) information about any hospital that is licensed to operate in the United States. If you have any concerns pertaining to in which and h