{"id":68,"date":"2012-01-03T21:27:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/?p=68"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:58:14","slug":"the-best-care-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/2012\/01\/03\/the-best-care-anywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Care Anywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/0810-best-care-anywhere-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/0810-best-care-anywhere-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/0810-best-care-anywhere-cover.jpg 193w, https:\/\/curtaustin.com\/bookshelf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/0810-best-care-anywhere-cover-62x96.jpg 62w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>Book clubs are always interesting. If you have the time, you should join on. The books are often stimulating. The conversation is always energizing. Besides, it is not a bad idea to be up on the most current reads available.<\/p>\n<p>That is one of the reasons I just finished reading, \u201cThe Best Care Anywhere\u201d by Phillip Longman. Our book club will discuss this interesting evaluation of the nation\u2019s healthcare in light of the Veteran\u2019s Administration healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>Having worked at the Richard L. Roudebush hospital for the past three years, I can honestly say that his observations are accurate and insightful. Longman draws examples from other hospital successes and failures to enlighten the reader to the strengths that VA medicine offers.<\/p>\n<p>My biggest concern is that most of the author\u2019s opinion related to improving healthcare centers around electronic medical records. While it is a over-simplification to say so, it appears that Longman\u2019s solution to most of the country\u2019s medical dilemma is to put everyone into the VistA medical records system. It is a good system but I\u2019m not sure it will solve the medical care problem of our country.<\/p>\n<p>Best Care is a good book that offers a lot to think about. If nothing else, it does shine a bright re-assuring light on the VA Healthcare system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book clubs are always interesting. If you have the time, you should join on. The books are often stimulating. 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