"Well it really has happened. PRMC has lots of transient Anesthesiologists and CRNAs covering the hospital now. The last post states most of the money will stay in the area-this is a joke. Do you really think quality physicians will flock to this area anytime soon. What about all the vendors that were supported in this area, the billing is being done in Florida. All the revenue will stay in Florida other than the salary paid to the providers and until/if they permanently replace the ELEVEN other provders that have left the area this county will suffer financially. We will never recover fully!!! This issue should not be allowed to die. Management should be held accountable for their actions the patients will be the ones who suffer and no one will ever know because they will cover it up!"
Well at least they backed down from the non compete clause they had on the previous Doctors. Enough pressure from Salisbury News closed down that little game. Let's see how many Doctors & Nurses stay away from this Post since they locked out Salisbury News from PRMC. Remember Folks, anyone anonymous cannot be traced, PERIOD! Let it rip.
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17 comments:
I was there this morning and one of the VP's of the hospital was in the Operating room.. gowned up... not sure what she was going to do..
It's a joke and a tragedy that these wonderful anesthesiologists have gone.
The best thing you as patients can do is ask a lot of questions and don't be bashful about it.. ask about training, committment, and where they are staying and if they are going to be a part of the community or transient
Anesthesia is pretty cut and dry. Training is the same everywhere and boards have to be passed. These new people are as qualified as the ones leaving. I am medical professional in no way related to PRMC or any anesthesia groups
Two can play the game of being banned. Are we having fun now PRMC?
When I have surgery I make sure it is done at a Baltimore Hospital. I had a complaint about one of the male nurses in the ER and Allan Newberry told me it wasn't his problem and blew me off. If it wasn't his problem then he should have had the courtesy to point me in the right direction. It is p!ss poor leadership like this that loses business.
They ran off the cancer group a couple of years ago also.
a reliable source from the hospital told me that the new anesthesia hires are not even going through the credential process. i also heard that they were hiring back a few anes. drs.that have been there before, let go and their file had been kept in the "do not rehire" section but guess that doesnt matter now they need a body to fill a position of the great drs that relocated and found new jobs. these drs. have uprooted their families so that we in this great town can be taken care of by anyone that will answer the ad for help at prmc. dont we feel safe now.
I was in the ER recently and I have to tell you the new construction done there is fabulous. The lack of beds and personnel is another story. More should have been put into hiring additional ER staff and beds for those in need of the ER, instead of the retro decorated waiting rooms.
I used to work for PRMC several years ago. While I was not an anesthesiologist, I worked beside them every day and night. I did leave adn got a great job, but they were beginning to get the short shaft then. It was not just them. It seemed that the hospital admin staff was more concerned with business and the bottom line rather than the health and care of their patients. It was and still is a real shame that it is still happening. It really burns a hole in my heart when I hear people say that they take their relatives to Baltimore rather than PRMC. I pray that you can make them see the flaw of their ways. Not just with the anesthesia staff, but with all of their staff. BTW...I have been in the military for several years before working at PRMC. I have seen hundreds of anesthesiologists in my time. PRMC had one of the best staffs that I have ever seen up to around 2000...when things really became bad.
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No physician can work at a hospital without going through the credentialing process. I am a Dir of Surgery and am responsible for making sure EVERYONE is credentialed. I never think bringing in locums services is good for the instituition however administration is always looking for ways to cut $$.
NO Guts, No Glory...
4:19 lets face it there are ways around everything and PRMC seems to do a great job at "getting around things" and making it look legit. bottom line is this is a shame for everyone involved but one more time PRMC admin looking at the dollar and not employee or patient satisfaction. been there long enough to know that first hand
I have a question? If the hospital made this move based on economics why are the new employees so much cheaper? Were the exsisting Docs that or are the replacements the reason for the savings? If so, why? Where does the savings come from?
Savings since old group = more mds doing cases, new company = one doc supervise four CRNAs. BUT make no mistake they are paying through the nose for temporary workers in a shortage of medical care providers. Hospital assumed they could force old group to work for national company.
Who are the new DOCTORS and where do they come from? Why is one so much cheaper than the other? Maybe Im missing the point but why are they cheaper to a point where the hospital administration would make this move? How many dollars annualy will the hospital save now, and how did they save it?
IMO:
locum tenens are never cheaper. just don't get paid "benefits" save for travel & room & board, which is a heap of money. they would be better served to pay well (at least a national average) and support existing staff, something they've NEVER done.
the current prmc physician staff leaves much to be desired for the most part, not at all like the quality of physicians we used to have. And not that long ago. there's no real good reason for the good ones to come here or for the good ones that are here to stay. do it for the patients is what they always say. too bad administration doesn't have the same "pride" in their work as do the really good drs. and nurses, fast becoming fewer and farther between.
The hospital will not be saving money . This will ultimately cost them much more than it would have if AAP had kept working at PRMC. And all the money is leaving town. This was a vendetta by PRMC against AAP because of their blind support for a few members of Delmarva Pain. AAP could have solved their internal problems but PRMC intervened to preserve the power of some Delmarva Pain members. This was personal, no matter how PRMC admin spins it.
7:14 could not have said it better myself. what will naleppa do next
I'm a registered nurse and worked at PRMC for only six months. I left for ethical concerns. The staffing ratios are terrible, the patients are unsafe, I witnessed nurses doing horrible things like intentionally skipping medication doses because 'they didn't have time', overriding the medication scanning system, bolusing narcotics several times faster than the safe rate due to time constraints, not using two people to verify chemotherapy or blood transfusions; not to mention the basic things that were being neglected like feeding or incontinence care (or the reading of telemetry monitors).
The last straw, for me, was when immune-suppressed cancer patients were placed in rooms with patients with raging infections; endangering their lives.
I still live in wicomico county but I work elsewhere. I refuse to work under an administration that encourages substandard patient care so they can make an extra few bucks.
The latest exodus of physicians is no surprise and patient care will continue to decline. I also go to the western shore for medical care.
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