patient access

In hospital terms that means availability of services through insurance verification and what not.   Often it  doesn't flow in a consumer friendly way which means that by the time my patients get to the department they are all just pissed about sitting in the lobby for an hour with their wireless devices for amusement;  That should probably be a bit more important than demanding payment up front for services rendered, but then I'm more of a do no harm kind of gal.  Aunt Granny is still up there with somewhat effective pain meds but was grumpy today so we didn't visit. Instead, I went swimming all alone and then bought some veggies for the straw bales out back.  They are all watered in and ready to grow if Monsanto will just give 'em a break.  

My friend Becky went on a road trip with her boyfriend over in MO at some kind of ATV event and is presently in critical condition at the trauma unit in Shelby, aka The Med.  Sounds like lots of broken bones and such so I'm praying they keep her out of pain and  she lives to tell the story.  We all step up to the plate when something like that happens to one of our own.  I had a bad feeling about the whole thing when she cut out, and I reckon now I know why.  In other news, a distant relative got arrested for trying to hire a TBI agent to kill his wife.   Bond is 15M so I'm thinking he's not going anywhere anytime soon except to court.  People don't realize how their madness affects the rest of the fam when they get desperate like that.  

As Rod would say "here's the thing".....Life is short and then you die.  Make every day count as if it were your last.  Always do the next right thing.  Never lie or put your own desires above the needs of others because honestly? It takes a village.

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