I wasn't going to post to the blog anymore...now that I don't work there, I'd like to close that chapter and move on. But my good friends at DRMC just did something that I have to share with you.
I came home today from working on getting a new job. I go to the mailbox and there is my final paycheck. But it wasn't the check that made me laugh at the sick irony...
It was the other envelope from DRMC...the one from Human Resources...
The one that started "Dear Valued Associate"...the one that was dated 10 days after they told me they didn't need me anymore.
Yes, they were asking this "Valued Associate" if I would take a few minutes to complete the employee satisfaction survey.
They assured me that they would be able to use the results to measure my "views of the work place, supervision, morale and other key quality and satisfaction indicators."
Well, I guess I should say thanks for caring enough to ask me for my opinion. I sure hope the survey has comment boxes.
But...I wonder if I have to be present to win the drawing for the big screen TV.
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Could it be that people are learning how wretched and disgusting lifepoint is?
I hope the company crumbles to dust.
WOW!
What in the world prompted the Register and Bee to print a quasi-negative story about LPNT???
Would have been really cool if they had done some investigative reporting to see how admissions and physician recruitment were going locally. Guess that would be too much like actual journalism to get the local angle on a national story (even if the national story has local implications).
Whatever....
The Register continues to miss the real story, to the detriment of all potential patients in the region.
So,I heard Tracy is now staying in the ED?? How many times is she going to resign??? Oh, I forgot, the good ones leave and the bad ones stay!!!A few more of the staff have put in their notices, by the way, it's some of the good ones!!!Keep up the good work Lifepoint!!!
You know you can write a letter to the editor but you have to give your name. I got one printed in January after Humphreys said "trust me". That was a joke. I will not let up until that S O B is out of here.
Looks like Mikey's back and he still can't present sound logic. Hey Mikey...why don't you post the rest of Wall Street's observations? You seem to want to play with the big boys, but can't get out of your little boy panties.
What a dufus.
Sound logic 101 :
Lifepoint sucks , everybody knows it . Annie Penn,Morehead, Lynchburg, everybody, hence the adds in the DANVILLE paper.
That BS add with Humphreys in it " I worked for big names in Houston" There is only one "big" name in Houston - UTMB.
He is an idiot as well as the lifepoint corp. in general.such a shame.
Needs to be non profit,needs to be non profit , needs to be non profit....
It is nice to see the opinions many of you put here, but sound logic dude, we are not here to bash those who post. Get a life.
Mikey is back.....sounds like he is also behind a lot of these "anonymous posts".Same theme, same language, nothing constructive.
I agree, maybe "certain" posters should work out their personal vendettas' on their own time. I for one am getting tired of same old theme, rehashed 20 different ways.
Regarding the DRMC ad in the R&B this AM.
What is the difference between the "Rapid Response Team" and the team that responds to a "303"?
Also,if ICU is so understaffed,how to they provide nurses for these duties?
I must be missing something!
We did do and still do rapid responses from ICU, and yes it is at the risk of the patients.
There is a difference between a true rapid response team and this mandated band aid.
In this instance there is only one RN from ICU that goes on Rapid responses. And alot of times only one for 303's. The ICU is , and has been understaffed since lifepoint took over. A true rapid response team is solely for rapid responses and 303's.
lifepoint is a joke.....
LifePoint seeks to open hospital in Bullitt
LifePoint Hospitals Inc., a Brentwood, Tenn.-based hospital company, hopes to build a 60-bed acute-care hospital in Bullitt County.
But to do so, it might have to compete with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare Inc.'s previously announced hospital plan.
Both LifePoint, under the name Bullitt County Hospital LLC, and JHSMH filed letters of intent earlier this month with the Kentucky Division of Certificate of Need to operate the acute-care facilities.
JHSMH announced plans in late April to convert Jewish Hospital Medical Center South into a 60-bed acute-care hospital. The announcement was made as Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed a regulation allowing such conversion projects to apply for a "non-substantive," or expedited, review.
A non-substantive review means the applicant does not have to demonstrate compliance with the state health plan. Under the state health plan, an inpatient hospital such as the one JHSMH hopes to operate would not have been permitted because of its proximity to similar services in neighboring counties and within the same planning area.
Shane O'Donley, director for the state CON office, said a project that does not propose to convert an existing, licensed outpatient healthcare center into an acute-care hospital would be subject to a formal review. The letter of intent filed by LifePoint seeks to establish a hospital, rather than convert an existing center.
The next decision date for applications that qualify for non-substantive review is Sept. 25, O'Donley said, while the next decision date for acute-care hospitals under formal review is next Feb. 18.
"If the non-substantive application were approved, I think a formal application to establish a hospital in Bullitt County would have to take into consideration that there is already a CON-approved entity in that county," O'Donley said.
He didn't say whether the approval of the first application would lessen the likelihood of the second application being approved, but said "it wouldn't help."
LifePoint currently operates 48 hospitals in 17 states, including eight hospitals in Kentucky.
Paul Hannah, senior vice president for development for LifePoint, said Bullitt County was identified as a potential site for a new hospital because of its population size and lack of an existing hospital. If approved, the hospital would offer emergency and OB/GYN services, he said.
Hannah could not provide specific information on the anticipated size of the facility, the number of employees it would have or the investment in the facility. But he said more information would be available in a formal CON application.
The hospital likely would be located in the central part of the county, he said.
"We haven't formally secured any property, but that's being worked on," he said.
Jeff Polson, vice president of marketing and communications for JHSMH, said officials for the organization had not been aware of LifePoint's intentions, "but we're committed to moving forward with our application and continuing to serve and meet the needs of the residents of Bullitt County."
Hmmmm to quote the article.....
"Paul Hannah, senior vice president for development for LifePoint, said Bullitt County was identified as a potential site for a new hospital because of its population size and lack of an existing hospital."
ie: NO COMPETITION so we can run as crappy a facility as possible, make as much as possible, and the community can't do a darned thing about it.
God help them...
Those of us in Danville know all to well what it's like to have a hospital without local competition. They feel they have no need to improve conditions, so it worsens. Eden, Reidsville, and Durham are not so far away - escape Danville for medical care.
Oh and when the RNs go on responses and codes guess what happens to their patients?
Yep they get dumped on another ICU RN.
So if the other RNs have 3 pts and the RN that responds has 3 patients now the remaining RNs have 4 a piece, and before anyone starts :4 patients in ICU is deadly dangerous.
Actually 3:1 in ICU is very very dangerous . 14% mortality increase for each patient over 2 for each RN in ICU. 3 pts = a 14% increase for all 3 pts and so on .
My suggestion to you is GET OVER IT!!
If you chose to work in a rinky-dink hospital known for it's marginal patient care then it "is what it is". For the life of this blog all we have heard is moaning and groaning about 3:1 patient/nurse ratio in ICU. It's not going to change so give it up.
No one feels sorry for you or the patients.
Why not expend you energy over something that matters.
Get over it! You talk like you have the compassion of Humphreys or Judy. We should feel for the nurses and patients. They don't always have a choice and Lifepoint does not care about mortality rates, just profits.
MOST of these people didn't "choose" to work in a rinky dink hospital. It was forced upon them when Davenport and Majors grabbed for the gold ring and sold the community owned hospital out from under the community.
We went from what we were to rinky dink fully through the actions of lifepoint.
I do agree however that "It's not going to change so give it up.", and would suggest EVERY single employee who can seek employment elsewhere do so. If the ones who can get jobs elsewhere will, then they will have a better life, better pay, and better work environment. If enough leave, the ones left behind will benefit in that lfpt will be forced to improve conditions and pay to retain enough staff to operate. Think about it, both sides win (the leavers and the stayers) since $$$ is ALL lfpt understands, enough leaving will cut their potential so much they'll be forced into action.
The only reason they are able to operate a rinky dink hospital is because you who work there are willing to be their pawns and do as they say. If you are an employee ashamed of who you work for then shame on you for allowing that to continue. If you are an employee trapped, then hopefully enough who aren't will leave and make things better for you.
Kudos to recent poster. On a weekly basis. we hear how miserable people are who stay there yet they refuse to budge. It's as though they think if they hang in there long enought things will change and they won't be seen as quitters.
The biggest statement and perhaps the best reason for lpnt to get off their ass and change things would be for a mass exodus to take place.
And where are we to go? Some of us have skills that limit the job opportunities in Danville. We have mortgages to pay and children to send to college. Taking a job at a restaurant or in retail may have paid the bills when we were younger. Life changes. And, no, we do not all live in houses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars nor drive a new Mercedes every year. We live in modest homes and have cars that are 10 years old. Driving an hour or longer to get a job out of town may be possible especially if working nights or 12 hour shifts is acceptable. Sorry, many of us have active family lives. We enjoy the opportunities Danville does offer for families. Yes, we could move. However, the rest of our families are here (parents, siblings, etc.). Family is important. Do we hate what Lifepoint has done to us??? YES!!! WE DO!!!! We do the best we can with the limits we have. We still have that naive belief that as healthcare professionals we can help others.
You can help the community as a health care facility employee, know how? work anywhere but danville and specifically teaching non-profit facility....And as for "GET OVER IT" people who think as you are one of the largest problems with employers today and one main reason why other countries (specifically Japan) are kicking the USAs butt in the global market, they have adopted a shared governance type structure ,as have many succesful non-profit hospitals. Your "my way or the highway" philosophy went out a long time ago. I suggest you get over yourself and learn something. You are clearly type A and worst of all a narcicist.
Agree!!
"And where are we to go? Some of us have skills that limit the job opportunities in Danville. We have mortgages to pay and children to send to college." Then that would place you in the group of the ones left behind who would benefit from others leaving.
Since when does one's skills limit one to a single town? Puhlease! Maybe one's mind is the limiting factor.
There are good hospitals in Eden, Reidsville, Greensboro, Durham. Get out of here and leave them hurting. Take the time to send out a resume. Jobs are there and they will give you the respect you have earned. If you stay here and wine, you are playing into their scheme of things.
Disgust over destruction of something that you helped build is not whining! It's justifiable anger.
Yeah - Well this one time at band camp......
Congratulations!! you just verified your ignorance by quoting Pubescent/adolescent dribble.
What's the deal with the pregnant girl who died in the E.R. on Thursday? I heard that the husband was shown no compassion by anyone.
Of course their was no compassion - that is the way they train the staff. Somebody really should look closer into what happened here - there is more than meets the eye. Humphreys will be proud of the staff on this one since he could care less about the patients.
Every lifepoint employee (in every state that I have asked) has said the same thing: lifepoint is devoid of any professionalism , compassion or humanity, and they were better off with the non-profit running things . some of those cities have initiated hostile takeovers of the lifepoint destroyed facilities by imminent domain.
If only danville had the guts...
Tracy deserved better than lifepoint...
July 4th weekend is here, be careful. If you get hurt, make sure you are not near Danville - maybe you can survive.
I wonder if Lifepts' PR people will write a letter to the editor for Tracy's family to sign like they have for others before??????
I'd love to be there when they ask her husband to sign it.
no more fireworks; guess the blog fire has finally gone out
as has lifepoints
Not a whole lot we can say on here that hasn't been heard already. We already know how useless Lifepnt is. The case of the unfortunate young lady that died in ER should give them problems if pursued. Humphreys has launched a big PR campaign on the radio and TV - must be getting desperate. Too little too late, we all know how useless he and his hospital is.
Remember all the hoopla about how important it was that our CEO move to Danville and become a part of the community. How everyone said Humphreys was the real deal because he bought a house here and moved his family in?
Well maybe he's smarter than we gave him credit for. He only leased a house here....could it be he saw the writing on the wall long before he moved here and this is just a stepping stone or a place for him to pay some dues to LFPT before moving on?
FYI...The young lady who passed away went into cardiac arrest at home. This info is from a friend of hers and her family. Please stop bringing information up, especially if you do not know the facts.Give her and her family the respect they deserve.
There is more info to this than you are saying. You must be a hospital official (idiot).
That individual who commented on the lady that died was correct in saying she died at home. My Mom lives in the same building that her mom lives.
She went to sleep and had a massive heart attack. Her husband tried to do cpr but he couldn't get her back.
I don't recall a post saying the hospital was responsible for her death. The posts were regarding the distinct LACK OF COMPASSION shown to the family once she was at the hospital and pronounced. Which is what happens when your staff is overworked, underpaid and generally treated like S*&t.
She was seen in ER for SOB. Her baby's condition was checked and baby not in distress. Pt. told she was having a panic attack and sent home....then arrested. The sent home part is the worst part.
I was told by a friend of the family that her OB Dr cleared her and sent her home...not the ER Dr. A terrible tragedy for this family.
Sounds like an excellent med mal case to me - hopefully the hubby will find his way to the big city and find himself a good attorney who won't be intimidated by the mighty "Knife Point". Oooooh!!! She (high risk pregnancy) should have never been sent home regardless of which idiot discharged her.
As far as admission targets, etc. go, Knife Point operates totally around targets for everything that affects their CASH revenue - ie, admission targets, cash targets, bad debt targets, etc. If any one piece of the puzzle gets out of sorts, "the brass" in Brentwood puts some nutless wonder on a plane straight to Danville to roll heads and "restructure" whatever or whoever they think needs to roll.
In reality, it would be nice if all the good help could say See Ya and walk but unfortunately life doesn't work that way. Hopefully the Knife Point saga will end at some point and DRMC can be salvaged. Rest assured, sagging admission targets are a major concern for LP......
There are far too many choices for quality health care to have to settle for substandard care. Knife Point has no regard for their patients, employees, or physicians. The sagging "admission target" simply means that the people who can go elsewhere are choosing to do so! Danville is a small town and what Knife Point has not figured out is that practically everybody in Danville has family, friends, or neighbors who either work there now or have worked there in the past and they have all heard the horror stories about patients and staff, including our physicians. We have lost several excellent physicians in this community.
Most people have to resist the urge to gag when those sappy DRMC commercials come on TV and the radio. I can remember when we all did our jobs and didn't have to beg people to come to the hospital. Quality and customer service were important, and patients and staff were not just statistics. Perhaps we should get all the employees and physicians together that have left since Knife Point began their ruthless regime and put their pictures in the paper.
Knife Point, we all know your execs like to peep in from their cushy offices and poke fun at us when you see something you don't like on this blog. Too bad it isn't funny anymore when it begins to affect your paychecks, big bonuses, and cushy life styles.
Danville folks apparently aren't as backwards as you think - they are starting to hit you where it hurts most - in the WALLET! There are plenty of excellent healthcare choices all around you - Centra Health, Duke, Moses Cones, Morehead, Annie Penn,Halifax, etc. Any of those providers will be more than happy to accomodate your needs and the drive will be well worth it compared to long wait times, poor service, etc.
We all know you have to have patients to run a hospital. The most EFFECTIVE way to rid yourselves of Life Point is simple enough - take your healthcare needs out of town. They are in it for the profit, end of story, that is why they are called a FOR PROFIT hospital. Their management doesn't care how many good employees they lose or retain but if they lose enough MONEY (and again, the key word here is MONEY!)they won't be able to sell off quickly enough.
I was not surprised about the leased home, either. What an insult to our intelligence but true Life Point strategy. I for one have seen so many Knife Point flukies come and go, it truly is a joke. The old "locking the exec out of his office" game is becoming somewhat redundant. Perhaps they will be a little more creative the next time they play "Time to can the CEO".
Great post. You hit the nail on the head. Lifepoint can not co-exist with a community that does not want its services. The revolving CEO game is a joke. The ads are a desperate attempt to bring patients (Oooops: Money) back into the hospital. For the unfortunate family of the girl who died. It is a shame our medical community is falling apart. Find a good attorney. Check www.frithlawfirm.com in roanoke. They are familiar with DRMC. Others can be found on http://legalmedicine.blogspot.com/2007/03/serious-problems-at-danville-regional.html I am sure we all wish you luck.
As usual, very rarely are the facts correct on this blog. Those who know NOTHING about what really happened seem to have all the "facts" on the event. Lets live our lives by "hearsay" and keep running down this hospital. Then lets start on another business in this town,and another untill there will be nothing left, hope you will be happy then!!
Its been a long...........time.are you ever going to give it up??? Why not use your energy to build this town up???? I haven't read this blog for along time but it seems to me it is still just an avenue for complainers, haven't read anything different, same old, same old!! Really why don't we redirect our energies into some positive thinking and make this town into something we can be proud of? It really is time to move on, a lot of you could be such an asset into improving things by redirecting energy into revitalizing danville. We can make things great here, we just have to leave the past behind and move on!
Yeah it figures-"get a lawyer", I knew THAT would show up sooner or later. And everyone is wondering why medical insurance is going up, or why some of us can't even get medical insurance. Sure, lets give it all to the "lawyers", so a few of us can benefit from frivalous claims.Right on........... Wait till that hits you in the pocketbook, I'm sure you will change your opinion then!!
"improving things by redirecting energy into revitalizing danville"
I was born in Danville- Graduated college in Danville and worked for both the city and DRMC(when it was a hospital)
Danville will never revitalize... this is a city that violates it's own contract to give someone a bounus for retiring and for bringing in minimum wage jobs that are dependent on the disposable income and tips to exist.
Danville is 100 years ahead at being 30 years behind and no ones hard work has ever made a difference because of the foolish acceptance of a few so called " businessmen" most of which have no real business training and who have made a living lying to others and making them think they were doing them afavor.
No wonder the population in Danville is shrinking. More businesses, but we leave anyway. You wonder why. Is it the higher than average mortality rate? Is it the low pay? Is it the lack of a decent hospital? Shortage of quality physicians? Who knows. The fact is more businesses, more jobs, and our people are still leaving.
To the stupid person who thinks consulting an attorney is frivalous...perhaps if your wife had died while carrying your unborn child, after being seen in an ER with c/o chestpain --without some much as a cardiac workup..perhaps you would view this a little differently. Speak on what you known..otherwise, keep your dumb opinion to yourself..and thank God that this same tragedy has not occured in your immediate family!
Amen on that
Attention stupid person who thinks a lawsuit is frivilous - we didn't have any trouble figuring out who you are - must be the nutless wonder we were referring to earlier. How was your flight?
Yes, things certainly do change when they happen to you or your own family. You should be ashamed of yourself after a man just lost half of his family. I do happen to know several FACTS regarding what really happened versus the LPNT version but I think you must have gotten the condensed version.
A lawsuit could never replace a mother and child - obviously you share the views on family as the LPNT family.... Screw them! That's their motto. Oh and the other one is "CASH IS KING". Yes-isn't that cute??? They have not shared that one with the media yet but it is particularly endearing. If LPNT did nothing wrong, then they have nothing to fear from legal counsel and you had better believe they have consulted theirs!
As far as addressing the drop in admissions, etc. I merely stated a fact regarding why the admission targets are declining and apparently stepped on some toes (stockholders) in the process. We live in America, you can go where ever you wish for health care, that is the name of the game - I have higher expectations for health care and do not settle for less nor do I feel anybody else should have to. I also personally know a number of DRMC employees who shall remain anonymous who routinely go out of town for their health care needs. Most people who are able to do so are going elsewhere.
This has nothing to do with bashing, etc. This is common sense and a personal choice, just as you have yours. Can you say you are completely comfortable with the current situation? Considering the people there on the inside do not feel confident in using their services.... Especially in light of the recent discovery that LPNT has lied once again about the CEO putting down roots & purchasing a home in Danville? Leasing and buying are two different things. I am sure you have a logical explanation for that one.
As stated earlier, the leadership has a blatant disregard and lack of respect for employees, physicians, and patients. Statistical data is what motivates LPNT on a daily basis - they determine who stays, who goes, just by the numbers. Again, the most EFFECTIVE way to handle the situation and get LPNT out of Danville is to stop giving them your business (ie.money, insurance dollars). They CANNOT operate a hospital that size if they don't have patients. Your dollars you spend there are hardly benefiting the employees, most of them are quickly rerouted to Brentwood, TN, where their experts use that to pay the huge bonuses and salaries for all of the O's they have on staff.
Most people would not want to give their business to them if they knew how frivolous they were with money when many people are struggling just to buy gas and groceries for their families and get by on a day to day basis - ie, new computer system just to be in compliance with all their other hospitals. Consultants and Interims flown in to RDU on Mondays to pick up a rental car & stay all week in a rented apartment, yes APARTMENT, UNTIL Thursday afternoon or Friday morning then they would be flown home. They were paid an astronomical salary in addition to all the travel and accomodation expense. Lots of good local people lost jobs because LPNT did not want them - they felt it was better to replace our homegrown talent with candidates from all over the country, quite a few no longer there that were very interesting. A few with less than desirable credentials but oh well....... That is only a few examples but the list goes on and on.......
The people (customers and potential patients) hold the power to demand and make change. Look around and you will see, healthcare is no different from any other business. Customer Service is very important and people are going to go where they receive the best service. If you just enjoy poor customer service, understaffing, etc. and apparently have no family, no friends who mind getting poor service,and no knowledge of the true infrastructure at DRMC you should by all means continue to support the LPNT organization. They need you. Most residents in this part of VA are fairly conservative and would hardly approve of LPNT's extravagant ways. And leadership is by no means extravagant with the staff or patients so guess who is getting all the goodies?????
Enjoy your flight back to TN. Maybe you can splurge and they will serve you some nuts on the plane.
Absolutely, I'm so glad I'm out of that hell, working in a seriously-dangerously understaffed ICU is no good at all.
With all the wonderful commercials on TV and great newspaper coverage, how about someone calling the paper for clarification on the Humphrey's home purchase question? He repeatedly told docs and associates that he was buying a house here as a sign of his commitment. I guess a 30 day lease is pretty committed! This could be an issue that finally galvanizes the community to stand up and say "enough lies".
I am just wondering aloud; is this new COO ERIC BARBER another Lifepoint flunky like Humphreys? So far they have not sent a competent person here. Jess Judy should consider a local person for upper management maybe someone that even cares about what happens here. Of course, there again, how competent is he as well? Yeah, I am rambling - just my thoughts.
Stupid is as stupid does. He(Judy)is just as incompetent as the rest of the lifepoint braintrust.
Don't know how many lies he's told , calculator can't figure that high.
I'm just rambling, maybe.....the reason that there is no local talent in postions of power in the hospital is because of the lack of education,talent and knowledge. I'm just wondering out loud of course, I'm sure there are SOME intelligent people out there...anyone?????........Nope didn't think so!!
Maybe a local person knows too much and that could be a little threatening.
The intelligent employees recognized a dead-end situation when they saw lifept. and they choose to leave for another job.
Cutting back on staff, sending staff home "when it's not real busy" announced today. What's next??? Just what the already overworked,underpaid staff and the needy community needs!!!
Such a shame. A 73 year old woman hurt her wrist in Blairs and drove to the E.R. in Eden rather than trust DRMC. She was out in under 2 hours and was treated humanely. She said after a stay in this hospital following surgery she will never step foot in this hospital again.
They say Star News was all over DRMC Wed night. Did anyone see this?
No. missed it, More info please.
any video streams?
Look out Bannock County...Been there done that and you won't get a shirt.
"Potential Partner, LifePoint, Talks About PMC
Posted: July 16, 2008 02:58 PM EDT
Updated: July 16, 2008 06:17 PM EDT
Today the Bannock County Commissioners continue their quest of finding a partner for Portneuf Medical Center. Last night they held an open forum so the public could direct questions to one of the potential partners, Legacy Hospital Partners. Tonight is LifePoint Hospitals' turn.
LifePoint Hospitals is a Tennessee based company.
It is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, focused on non-urban healthcare with 48 general acute care hospitals in 17 states.
In a conversation with the President of LifePoint, Bill Carpenter, he stated that the guiding principals of his company include providing the highest quality healthcare, to work closely with doctors as well as other employees of the hospital, and having a commitment with the community.
Which, he says, are all reasons why job security shouldn't be a worry if they were selected as the partner.
Bill Carpenter, President of LifePoint Hospitals: "I know it's an anxious time for people as they think about their jobs and anytime a new player comes into the community, it's going to be an anxious time and we want to do everything we can to relieve that anxiety, so we'll agree in the purchase agreement to hire all the employees of the hospital. We're here because we think you're doing things right and we want to be part of what you're doing."
Portneuf Medical Center's future is only months away from being determined by the public in the November elections.
The hospital's construction and the capital to pay for it, is the hot topic.
Legacy said yesterday that they could have it finished by 2010. The President of LifePoint said today they are not setting an exact date.
But they do consider it a priority and their engineers are currently assessing the plans.
He said they do plan on having it done as soon as possible, with the hopes of 2010.
In KPVI's conversation, we also covered other issues, including community involvement and job security.
He said they are here to be a capital partner and feels healthcare should be a local service.
They do have long term goals, including making PMC a Regional Referral Center and also expanding relations with Idaho State University and outlining community hospitals.
When asked what are the big differences between them and Legacy, the other company that is a potential partner, the President stated it is their operations across the country and the ability to use them as resources.
Bill Carpenter: "They have the ability to get online and to ask questions and interact and to do things that you can't do when you're a start up company. That's really the biggest difference I see today. Legacy are experienced operators, LifePoint are experienced operators. We have a bigger footprint today across the country in order to help provide the kind of services I think you're looking for in a financial partner."
Tonight at 7:30 LifePoint will be available for questions on Idaho State's campus.
Just like last night, it is an open forum for the public.
It will be in the Kasiska College Of Health."
I hope they(community) fight tooth and nail!!!
I hope they look into what Lifepoint has done in other places ie: Danville. With that knowledge they will have a burning desire to keep Lifepoint out. Anybody know about the latest round of layoffs?
So what's this about layoffs?
DRMC never laid-off people 'til lifepoint came around.
Yes, DRMC did lay off people before Lifepoint. Anyone remember the round of layoffs in the spring of 2003 due decreasing payment for either Medicaid or Medicare patients? We lost good people in our department.
Rephrase, that was for a governmental action not ineptness of corporation , so who's being laid-off ?
I have just recently been introduced to this site. I would like to stand up for some of the good, competent individuals who do not llike lfpt but love our jobs at the hospital. No, we hate being shortstaffed, with no CAs, but we love our patients and try to give them the best care and most comfortable stay possible, including their family members. No, I can't change anything that has happened at DRMC, but why should all the good workers leave? Then the pts will have nothing. I don't believe in abandonment or neglect.
It's not abandonement if you have no "duty to act" If you're not there you have no duty. However, if you take an unsafe assignment that of which lifepoint is famous for and is mandating, you WILL be held liable for negligence. I for one will NOT submit myself to a negligent environment no matter how proud I was of my job before lifepoint, "If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything" staying with lifepoint is falling for anything. You do more harm to the people you care about by giving them false hope in a faulty system than you ever would making the trip to a trusted facility....
LAYOFFS-LAYOFFS-LAYOFFS
AND A BBQ CELEBRATION ALONG WITH EVERYTHING!
Maybe the barbecue is a send off-a departing thank you for everyone???
WHO's being laid-off??????
And why doesn't the snoozepaper and various news stations in the area know , someone needs to call them.....
So who's being laid-off????/
Well since everyone is encouraging people to go to other hospitals, I guess there is not enough patients to warrant keeping all the staff.
You can't have it both ways...
Get real people, you are not making much sense.
RNs, staff, OR, whose being laid-off ?????
I too, like the previous poster love my patients and try to do the best I can. I would suggest though, that trying to sway the opinion of most people on this blog is like banging your head against a brick wall. Not going to happen. They are adamant that they are right, everyone else is wrong. If you notice, they negate every thing said that is not to their liking. This really isn't a blog anymore, just a forum for people to complain and elaborate on things that they really don't have a clue about!
I have a clue I've suffered through the hell of lifepoint ...and so have the patients
But no one has answered the question: WHO IS BEING LAID OFF???
I was thinking layoffs may not be true since the "who"? has not been answered but it is true.
Employees with years of service!
And some wonder why so many have left for other employment.
NO mystery to me!!!
Well, were they RNs, CNAs, OR, ER, lab, xray, who, ?Or were they all of the above?
The O.R staff was told that they have to leave as soon as the schedule is through.If it is slow then some do not come in that day. I understand that their manager is trying hard to hold on to positions.
Well , if you would expand your outlook and check in other hospitals in other cities, that is going on everywhere and has been for a LONG time. When it is not busy, staff is asked to stay home or leave early, we have been very sheltered here. It is the way things will be in the future. Just look at what is going on everywhere in any major industry. Just be thankful you have a job and an income.
So big deal. Who cares about lay offs anyway.Why are you so surprised to hear the word "layoff". Isn't that what you want? Staff members to leave, no one to care for patients if it is not optimal condions? Don't be so hypocritical! Your wish is coming true, soon patients will go to other hospitals, more people will be layed off, the hospital will close, and this town will continue on the downward spiral that all of you have been so happy to assist in!! Hope you feel good about it, in the end you may live to regret what you have done.
Good , It's working , lay everybody off!!! then the city can apply for emergency measures and take over the facility and tell lifepoint to GET OUT!!!
Oh and by the way the one who said
"Well , if you would expand your outlook and check in other hospitals in other cities" GET A CLUE this is only happening in for-profit facilities most of the non-profits around us are BUILDING UP(ex 1: MHCone is building a new hospital satellite)..
AND
"the hospital will close," NO lifepoint will close " the City has to provide care so that won't happen that way...
And yes I've looked around and the grass is WAY GREENER , EVERYWHERE ELSE, at least everywhere non-profit...
Yep that's why we moved!!
You really are clueless. Just because cone is building a satellite means nothing. Maybe you should expand your vision outside 50 miles. Hospitals everywhere are struggling, both non for profit and for profit.
And yes people are asked to adjust their worktime according to patient census. Been there, done that, sorry to burst your bubble.
Whoever said that all other hospitals are struggling with low census you are wrong. No they are not, Cone is expanding,Lynchburg is expanding,Duke is always busy ,UVA is always busy and no they do not suffer from slow business.Even South Boston is busy. So sorry to burst your bubble
"You really are clueless. Just because Cone is building a satellite means nothing...vision outside 50 miles"
Maybe you should take a math or stats class, It does mean something , it means their patient base is EXPANDING not imploding like DRMC is.
"Been there, done that,"
Maybe you should go back and this time, "PAY ATTENTION" you obviously didn't last time.
EVERY other hospital around us ( which by the way are nonprofit) is either expanding or over capacity , and IT IS a direct result of the militance and poor management of lifepoint. The trend of failing for profit hospitals is evident in the whole country while nonprofits are growing, oh and by the way , my "vision that needs expanding" is limited , limited to one-half of the United States(personally ) and the whole US in research, I think you should expand your vision as it's obviously lifepoint slanted and ignorant of countrywide, and definitely region wide economics.
This is an economically depressed area and anyone with any business sense would have known that this area CANNOT support a for-profit hospital. but no one asked for an educated opinion , the five omnipitent idiots only saw money for their projects...
And as for the person who said "Cone is expanding,Lynchburg is expanding,Duke is always busy ,UVA is always busy and no they do not suffer from slow business.Even South Boston ..."
You are 100% correct: I speak with people from a number of hospitals in the region daily and they do not have the problems of lifepoint and DRMC.
However, the one lifepoint hospital(not danville) in the region is suffering the same fate as DRMC, pitiful conditions, understaffed and losing patients to the non-profits..
You are absolutly right. I also talk with others in other(near) localities and they say the same thing. Their business is booming. And they are constantly expanding services,hiring people and looking for new ideas to improve any aspect of what they offer.
Lets review a few trends under lifepoint:
1) patient satisfaction/care has dropped (look at satisfaction surveys)
2) census has dropped dramatically
3) first and second quarter budgeted goals not met (2 million dollars under budget for second quarter)
4)Physicians leaving the area(@40 have left)
5)400+ employees have been laid off, left or eliminated
5)Surgeries have dropped from on average 50 per day to under 12 per day.
6)Endo/Bronchs are almost non existant
The only things on the rise at DRMC are state complaints investigated, joint commission complaints investigated, and the increased secondary market shares for Moses Cone, Centra, Carillon, and Halifax Regional.
Thank God we do have excellent regional healthcare facilities to choose from. Just hope we all make it one of them.
Thank you for confirming what some of us have already said. Unless you agree with these disgruntled, they will argue you into the ground.
Of course everything they know is absoulutely the "truth",based on what they read or hearsay, they, haven't actually worked in these other "great" places, like I have.Sure there are some great things happening, but on the other side of the coin, there is some pretty pathetic stuff also. Of course lets not speak about that!!
Believe what you will, you can always find 5 different opinions of the same story!!
I rest my case
Excuse me but if you are going to review trends, lets be honest about them.
I don't know where you are getting your information but you have stated only a portion of the real facts.
How would YOU know about patient satisfaction surveys???? I don't think that is public knowledge is it? Me thinks that you would like to state what you would like it to be.
Physicians leaving for various reasons, uh maybe some are retiring???? let go because of other issues?????? Please read back in this blog to educate yourselves people.
Endoscopy decrease, well if you would look around and not jump to such silly conclusions so quickly, you might realize more procedures are being done in physician offices nowadays than hospitals.
400 people gone, well lets see, some have quit I'm sure, some have retired, and over how long of a period, of course you fail to mention that!!!! It could be 5 years, maybe over 10 years!!
And to the insane comment about the city applying for "emergency" issues to take over the hospital, what are you even talking about??
Maybe you should check your facts before you start spouting off about some "takeover".
No legal statement in my lawbooks addressing this that I can find! You going to pay for the buyout??
"No legal statement in my lawbooks "
You should probably read them at least once, along with state law.
"How would YOU know about patient satisfaction surveys???? "
The info is disclosed to the employees.
"..uh maybe some are retiring??"
Not one of the MD's that has left DRMC "retired".
"...and over how long of a period, of course you fail to mention that!!!! It could be 5 years, maybe over 10 years!!"
No , less than 2 years.
" You going to pay for the buyout??"
Danville already did to the tune of the 200 million that was stolen from them."
Oh and if you'll look at the state charter information for emergency and care related services you'll see there is a "deficient" clause.
lifepoint has already given back one hospital due to inability.
So , how long have you worked for lifepoint ?, good golden parachute?
"Unless you agree with these disgruntled, they will argue you into the ground.
Of course everything they know is absoulutely the "truth",based on what they read or hearsay"
It's not hearsay if you lived it(the hell of lifepoint) and it has been confirmed by friends in other lifepoint facilities, (they won't even call them hospitals)
, they, haven't actually worked in these other "great" places, "
I have too and I've had family be patients in some of them , and generally they are hands down 1000% better than any lifepoint "facility".
You have "friends" working in other lifepoint facilities that confirm what you are saying?
Geez, how convenient is that?
You've worked at some of these other facilities?
Good, go back to them and leave us people who are trying to do a good job alone.
We don't want people like you working with us, you never carry your weight anyway, just walk around with a scowl on your face and make life miserable for the rest of us.
While I have patients to take care of, I will ALWAYS try to do it to the best of my ability.
Please do everyone a favor and go somewhere else.
" you never carry your weight anyway, just walk around..."
I did leave and I worked in ICU ,
There is NO ONE in ICU that doesn't carry their weight.
ICU spends a great deal of time helping other floors out of situations created by understaffing by lifepoint.
Understand something - wishing it will get better WILL NOT MAKE IT BETTER.
lifepoint DOES NOT care if you lose your license due to their negligence...
Get out once in a while, take a class, you will meet people , and they will tell you about other facilities..it's not "convenient"
it's what people who strive to do better actually do instead of suffering under an inferior system.
I'm sorry to have to agree with the previous poster but I do.
ICU is hard enough, if you can't take the heat, get out.
No room for disgruntled or weak, we are way to busy trying to save lives, instead of worrying about for profit or not for profit, who is coming or going, how many doctors are coming or leaving!!
I take care of my patients to the best of my ability and I highly resent you complainers who make my job more difficult!!
Understaffing is everywhere, read the news;layoffs,companies cutting benefits, charging more for less, housing crisis,soaring gas prices,high unemployment rate! The state of the economy is very weak right now.
Be happy you have a job! Things will get worse!
Is it true? 50+ laid off....MIS, Medical records, ER?
Heard some of the old timers were let go.
Ok when you get sued for and lose a negligence lawsuit for improper care caused by lifepoint understaffing , remain silent.
First of all in order for a "lawsuit" you would have to prove that the numbers(staffing) are below norm compared with those across the country-not just within a small radius. As said before, get out there, do a little research, talk to your nursing organization and listen to what is "really" happening in other parts of the US other than your "friends". Expand your vision to encompass a larger area other than just drmc, moses cone and similar local facilities.
You will find same scenario everywhere,both non for profit and for profit.
Secondly, educate yourself a little and review how many direct patient care personnel are actually sued and loose for negligence. Four things must be proved in order to win a negligence suit, duty,breach,causation and damages. It is very RARE, that a nurse would fall under all 4 of these circumstances, unless of course they are not practicing under their standard of care.
And think about it, why would anyone bring a lawsuit against a patient care provider when they can go after the big bucks and sue the hospital or physician.
So why don't you remain silent until YOU do your homework!
Lifepoint staffing levels and lack of a good working ethic is to blame for all our woes. Great nurses are there, but not enough to do the job. The hospital does not promote a good working environment for the physicians (have you noticed they don't work together generally). The few bad apples working at DRMC are making life miserable for patients and staff alike. This will not change until the ownership changes. With the exception of Martinsville (anothe Lifepoint holding) all the hospitals in this area are growing, improving the level of care, and keeping their staff due to better management. DRMC is losing staff and patients which will not stop until Lifepoint is gone.
"So why don't you remain silent until YOU do your homework!"
Oh my mistake , I thought being an experienced malpractice lawyer WOULD BE ENOUGH.
Yes an experienced malpractice lawyer would know the stats, actually any lawyer or person with legal background would know. Doesn't sound like the shoe fits!
Very easy to state what one "hopes" to be the truth.
Yes, you have made a mistake.
Don't think you are a lawyer from what you have posted, if so.......g help us!!! You have no clue!
Sorry , you're the one with no clue this time , but like you stated before : "Unless you agree ..., they will argue you into the ground"
We finally know who "they" are...fools.
This is the first that I have visited any of the DRMC sites in a while. Couple of comments:
Interesting that both Mercy Award winners for the past 2 years have been nominated by SY in Psych - biggest brown noser to ever grace the tarnished doors of DRMC. Not that the most recent winner is not deserving, but obvious that SY has plenty of time on her hands to write inflated nominations (probably while sitting in her office at the coffee cart).
Lay offs will continue to happen as admissions and procedures drop in numbers. The MDs that remain in Danville continue to perform procedures at other facilities (including in-office).
Wonder when they will start to trim the fat in departments with incompetent staff (ie: Volunteer Services, HR, Administration...)?
What ever happened to Dr. Ashby? Don't hear much about him around town anymore... Is he hiding in his shame?
The day lifepoint loses and gives up ownership of DRMC I(and others) will be dancing in the Gray street parking lot.
I heard today that two of the open heart O.R. nurses were leaving.Is that true? I think there are only four of them.
looks like 2 more took the above poster up on their "if you don't like it, leave" comment.
Whole lot of people have.
Yes it is true, there are 2 open heart nurses leaving. I found out today one is leaving next week. More experience walking out the door.
The Lifepoint ship is still sinking. Will the Captain go down with the ship or run like a chicken. Soon we will no doubt see more holes being knocked out in this boat escalating the sinking. Today I heard grumblings of another lawsuit (don't know any particulars yet). Soon, Lifepoint will have to pull out, and the sooner the better.
Rumors floating around that the pulmonary group will give up their privileges in September. Sad day if this happens.
Well, let's see....for a ship that's supposed to be sinking, it seems like LifePoint's not going anywhere. Have you noticed any "For Sale" signs out there lately?
Where's Mikey when we need a good laugh?
You should quit bashing Mikey (as you call him). You have no idea how bad this hospital treated his wife and probably sped up her death by not treating her properly. I know him and what they went through so since you have no idea what you are talking about....just leave him alone.
You should quit bashing Mikey (as you call him). You have no idea how bad this hospital treated his wife and probably sped up her death by not treating her properly. I know him and what they went through so since you have no idea what you are talking about....just leave him alone.
I can tell you for sure if Pulmonary leaves a HUGE chunk of patient census will go with it , a HUGE chunk.
Let it go. Henderson is a major
A--Hole anyway. Let Lifepoint get what it is asking for. We need relief and they need to finish the demolition job before change will happen.
"Let it go. Henderson is a major
A--Hole anyway."
ARE YOU INSANE ? You obviously have NEVER worked with Dr. Henderson.
He is an excellent Dr. and a pleasure to work with at all times of the day and night.
I know this personally and I am a RN and I can list many more who agree...You need to do a self-check, the ONLY way to make Dr. Henderson mad is to either not do what you were ordered to do , or do something completely stupid.
Also , Dr. Oneil and Dr. Bird are in that group so it's not one Dr it's 3....All are excellent .
"We need relief..."
The hospital probably needs relief from you as you clearly are "a company man" An economically depressed area, such as southside,CANNOT maintain a FOR-profit hospital. The main reason EVERYTHING around us is non-profit is because it WORKS.
Rumors are just that....rumors!!
Anywhere you go you can always find someone talking about someone else. Its sad, seems like you are grasping at any straw just so you have something to complain about.
Its also sad that some fine doctors are being bashed on this blog, whereas "Mikey" is "protected". All that is told is from one persons' perspective, and I'm sure everyone knows there is always more than one side of the story. Because of the new laws protecting privacy, facts cannot be disclosed,and therefore gossip and heresay is rampant.
Has anyone heard anymore about pulmonary group pulling out? We had a visit with ENT last week and they have a sign up in their exam room letting their patients know that they do procedures at Annie-Penn, Halifax and DRMC. In this order. Seems odd that DRMC-the community that this group is a part of would be venturing out to other facilities and naming DRMC last on the list.
The office staff at the Pulmonary Clinic say they nothing about them leaving the hospital. Probably just a rumor.
It sounds like Bill Carpenter recently visited DRMC and things are much improved. Listen to the earnings call; docs are happy many new docs moving to town! This blog activity has obviously died down, so he must be right. Mr Majors and Dr Ashby should be commended for finding Bill Carpenter who has turned your hsopital around so capably and brought so many fine new docs to town!
Good lord...after two years of pissing and moaning on this blog, one would think that most would recognize that this forum is really nothing more than a comfortable place for cartharsis. If you really listened to the call, they said the press had died down...no mention of this blog. Do you really think that investment experts have time to even click on these pages? So...let's take our two years of group therapy and ask what we've really accomplished. Bless our hearts...
Personal opinion: anyone who chose to stay in that hell hole and whines on this blog is a hypocrite. You're just like the fine gentlemen who purchased the place.
Some of us decided we couldn't meet the weight requirement to work there...look around you. Most are overweight, tired and stressed out all the time. Don't confuse loyalty with apathy.
Fine gentleman who purchased the place. I commend you on being a total idiot. The only thing Ashby can find is his bank acct - no doubt grown at our expense. As long as Lifepoint is running this place, it will not get better. Good people may come in, but will quickly become disenchanted with the way things are. C'mon mikey, help me here.
Ah yeah....where's Mikey when you need him?
Pitiful lot.
"Fine gentleman who purchased the place. I commend you on being a total idiot"
100% correct!
Call someone who works there and they'll tell you the real story.
It Is NOT GETTING BETTER.
The only "new Doc's coming to town" are new semi-qualified docs coming to pay off their school loans in a hurry so they can go to "Real " hospitals.
Paid off Med school loans - 200,000 dollars, Danville guinea pigs - Priceless !
Anyone else offended by the comments in the paper by the CEO? I know the census does go down in the summer as people are out of town vacationing, but this is ridiculous. All of the departments had to cut paid hours. Do you know how annoying it is to waste vacation days when you can't go anywhere as your family can't take the time off at the last minute? I am reminded once again that we are not associates, but tools to be used and discarded at their whim.
Count me as offended.
He's just another in the long list of recipients on the "lifepoint CEO/management welfare" program.
Milk the community of funds and provide no tangible benefits.
This facility IS in trouble and has been since lifepoint took over.
Name a year that summer census didn't drop and hours got flexed...and i'll show you a year that didn't exist. My friends, this isn't Danville, but every city and every hospital I've known or worked in.
Name a year that summer census didn't drop and hours got flexed...and i'll show you a year that didn't exist. My friends, this isn't Danville, but every city and every hospital I've known or worked in.
True it does flex during summer but when surgical is down 75% there IS a problem...
NO ONE trusts lifepoint !!!!!!!
Yahoo Finance is a great place to learn information. Give it a try. Excellent article in Forbes magazine regarding the lack of patients at LifePoint Hospitals. 3,500 shares of stock to Directors in May. Look around and learn.
For those actually foolish enough to support lifepoint--from Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/equities/2008/08/08/lifepoint-hospitals-closer-markets-equity-cx_lal_0808markets35.html
"after nine quarters of declining admissions"
That's over 2 years!
"...it also lowered it predictions for hospital admissions, expecting a decline from 2007 levels." Duh
"Stifel Nicolaus analyst Robert Hawkins said the company had done a poor job of managing its expenses " (no kidding)"...and expected to see further admissions declines in the entire hospital sector."
Keep in mind this is for "for profit hospitals" that are traded not "non-profit" that DRMC was.
"We are concerned about the sustainability of margins given the weak admissions growth...,"
(Weak admissions due to poor service created by a poor environment for patients and employees) also says they're worried about "margins" not patients and margins.)
"... especially as we do not believe the company can continue to see bad debt improvement given the overall macroenvironment,"
Translation :lifepoint should never have been here to start with.
Some of you people are really sad. Do you have jobs or do you spend every minute of your day deciding what to put next on the "blog". Quit complaining and get a life. You can't fix things overnight and it will take time to change the things that need fixing. All you do is whine, whine, whine. I wonder if half of you know anything about the hospital, other than what you make up on this site. It is truly pathetic. Find a ray of sunshine and some positive energy. Otherwise, just keeping popping your anti-depressants and whining about nothing that affects you.
Ha, Ha, Ha! I think that person has many of you pegged. Do you need another prescription or have you dogged every doctor in town and can't find one to get your refill?
"Quit complaining and get a life"
We did , we went to a NON profit hospital that treats it's employee's with respect, adequate compensation, and above all actually treats the PATIENTS, and guess where they come from Danville and surrounding areas, oh and we also get the ones that the "wonderful" REGIONAL medical center CAN'T HANDLE.
BY the way, I see YOUR Prozac is working fine...
Must be nice to believe in a fools paradise...
Doesn't have me "pegged".
The decision to not compromise morals in treating patients is far more complex than a blog entry...but only an adult would understand why so many employees went to other (non-profit) hospitals.
To mr. stop whining. You must be one of the foolish shareholders. Nobody else cares about this hospital anymore. Lifepoint is gasping for air now. Many good people have left, doctors are leaving with more to go. How much longer can they survive? Wait til your Prozac wears off to answer that please.
Mr "stop whining" try this on for size if all is well in your dillusional little world:B
Bill Carpenter "The closure of two OB and one rehab unit and a shift..."
More closings for lifepoint!
"Could our volume results be better? Sure they could. Our short fall on net physician ads during 2007 certainly has created a drag on volumes during the first half of 2008."
Again losing Dr's and patients!
David Dill-"Let’s talk about volume and revenues: in patient admissions decreased by 2.3% for the quarter and adjusted admissions decreased by 1.1%. Self pay admissions, which represent approximately 5.5% of our overall admissions declined by approximately 7%. This is the second consecutive quarter we have seen a decline of approximately 7%. Surgical volumes decreased by 1.2% with inpatient surgeries down 3.9% and outpatient surgeries down 0.2%..."
Declines, Declines, Declines !!!
It just goes on and on. They also had to buy back their own shares to make the shareholders happy and pay bonuses.
That with all of the declines and a 10% M.D. attrition rate...this sounds good to you? foolish.
Yikes lost patients during FIRST quarter? that's Flu season !
"This blog activity has obviously died down, so he must be right. "
Activity has died down? Well, for one thing, the person who started the blog doesn't work there anymore (not by choice). So i guess they chose not to post rumor and innuendo since they are no longer punching the clock there.
400 comments in four months (since the last entry in April) hardly constitutes activity dying down. At least that's a lot more discussion about what is going on at the hospital than what is being reported in the news paper.
What is the census at DRMC now?
Here's the August 7 newspaper article. See? Nothing wrong at all.
"Danville Regional claims patient count stable
Danville Register Bee
August 7, 2008
The head of Danville Regional Medical Center said Thursday that, despite rumors, there has not been a significant decline in daily patient counts at the hospital and no job losses related to patient counts.
“That’s not true at all,” Jerel Humphrey, Danville Regional’s chief executive officer, said. “But we can’t control what people say.”
Daily patient counts remain stable for this time of year, he said, noting there has been a slight decrease in 2006-08.
Humphrey said patient numbers are well above 100 a day. While the summer season may bring smaller patient counts, it’s the opposite during the winter when more people are sick.
“We’re more than busy,” he said.
Humphrey added that at no time are hospital layoffs tied to patient count number. He said 13 non-clinical jobs were eliminated in July and that these employees were offered other jobs at the hospital, which employs about 1,400 people.
“We move people around and give them new opportunities,” he said.
The hospital has recruited more than seven new physicians and 60 new nurses. Danville Regional did that by eliminating agency nurses, which are health care providers known as traveling nurses who can help fill understaffed shifts.
“What we’re seeing is nothing out of the ordinary,” Humphrey said."
To "nobody cares about this hospital anymore": you and everyone else obviously care or we wouldn't feel compelled to comment on every little rumor that goes around. We need to put more energy into making the hospital good again and stop complaining. Some "important" people with money need to see what they can do to make our hospital a place where patients don't mind going. Make things positive and stop dwelling on the negative, because no one is going to listen to any "average" person.
I would like nothing better than to see a healthy hospital in Danville. Before that can happen we need honesty and integrity at the helm, someone who will take care of the employees AND patients alike. As it stands, DRMC is headed by a two-faced liar of whom could care less about anything but the stockholders. His press releases are worthless propoganda meant to deceive the public about the state of DRMC.
lifepoint as a company is a two-faced liar and propoganda monger so why would their CEO or other so-called management ever tell the truth?
Stupid is as stupid does.
Interesting comments in the Danville Regional Foundation's report on health in the region (DRF was funded by the sale of DRMC, by the way):
"While DRMC is a community asset, the reputation of the hospital in the community has suffered. DRMC is experiencing leakage of patients for several reasons. Community members believe that DRMC and its network of physicians are neither a part of the preferred provider network for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina nor a part of the
preferred provider network for United Healthcare. Additionally, community members elect to leave the immediate Danville/Pittsylvania/Caswell region for care because of personal choice/preference. Attendees at community/focus group used terms such as “pushed away and unwelcome” to describe their interactions with providers."
The full report is at danvilleregionalfoundation.org, then click 'regional info', then 'Healthy Outcomes'.
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