Re:Notes From the Field: I have seen the future of healthcare
by mattchew on Sunday February 21, 2010 @11:41AM
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It may be the future of healthcare in a lot of the world, but not in the U.S.. Our health care interests are too entrenched. This would be too disruptive.
Probably this is already illegal in the U.S., or cost prohibitive if you tried to staff the phones with workers who would be legal. I wonder if one could legally hack the system by using a call center located outside the U.S. . . .
Of course, the public could be turned against something like that pretty easily. Just publicize the hell out of the first person who dies due to a mistake that came from the call center. Congress would pass a law the next week.
Another commenter suggested that our medical system needs a "reboot". Oh my yes. But I don't see how we're going to get one.
Probably this is already illegal in the U.S., or cost prohibitive if you tried to staff the phones with workers who would be legal. I wonder if one could legally hack the system by using a call center located outside the U.S. . . .
Of course, the public could be turned against something like that pretty easily. Just publicize the hell out of the first person who dies due to a mistake that came from the call center. Congress would pass a law the next week.
Another commenter suggested that our medical system needs a "reboot". Oh my yes. But I don't see how we're going to get one.