4sight Health March 11, 2025
I’ve spent a lot of time in hospital emergency rooms lately. (I still say emergency rooms, not “emergency departments.”) During one visit, something made me realize that the dynamic in hospital ERs is more like a sitcom than a drama like St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, The Resident, New Amsterdam and, most recently, The Pitt.
Burda? Two!
I was sitting in the ER waiting room with about 40 or more patients and family members when a person walked in and asked the registration desk how long the wait was. Registration told the potential patient the wait was four and a half hours. The potential patient groaned, and the person at registration said, “That’s not bad. The wait later...