10-08-2009, 02:25 AM
Third world? Hardly. I am a local hospital-only physician (I have no private practice). I have worked at hospitals in 2 mainland states and now in 2 Hawaii hospitals (HMC and Maui Memorial) Are we rural? Yes. Do we offer ALL specialties and procedures...no. But we have easy phone/email/telemedicine access to specialists and quick transfer to Oahu by air ambulance for emergencies that cannot be handled here: which is NO different than it was in my rural Nevada location.
I can tell you that it is my experience that any "big city" doc or muckymuck tends to look down his/her nose at any facility out of their bailiwick.
That being said, it IS difficult to find a physician here who is accepting new patients: local docs have full practices, and because medicare/medicaid pay poorly and slowly, they resist accepting such new clients. So should someone with serious medical problems move here? Only if you can guarantee that you will be accepted by the physician of your choice.
My 2 cents.
cheers, chele
http://the-hroost.com
I can tell you that it is my experience that any "big city" doc or muckymuck tends to look down his/her nose at any facility out of their bailiwick.
That being said, it IS difficult to find a physician here who is accepting new patients: local docs have full practices, and because medicare/medicaid pay poorly and slowly, they resist accepting such new clients. So should someone with serious medical problems move here? Only if you can guarantee that you will be accepted by the physician of your choice.
My 2 cents.
cheers, chele
http://the-hroost.com