UChicago screening program

[pseudoknot]

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I thought there must have been a thread about this but couldn't find one. Apparently the University of Chicago began a program of screening patients in their ED and referring some out to community clinics:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue-uofc-medical-cuts-feb10,0,4894858,full.story

And the backlash has already begun:
http://allbleedingstops.blogspot.com/2009/02/that-didn-take-long.html

 

[quideam]

Fortunately, all of this came out before rank lists are due... but, I wonder how many other hospitals/programs are going to face similar issues with the economy going south.