Your other point was about really the Community Providers and the type of care they deliver. You might have practiced inside and outside the va. I am note going to paint everyone the same picture. It happens to us a lot. I think there are a ton of Community Providers that are delivering extra care. Hopefully strenten them so you dont need to provide. We can provide them in house, timely and state of the art. Thats what i mean for certain things like spinal cord injury we need to make sure they are there to support our patients. At the same time for things that we think are provided at high quality in the community and maybe dont require that expertise as much like a quick exam, a colonoscopy and how do we make sure they are in our network. I think its part of our job to educate and provide resources. We started pretty much a free training program. They can get free cme credits. We have a four Course Program on military cultural competency. They can go to a web site, get that certificat
Something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are w
Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se
To melt across the region. Well maintain sunny skies with clouds to the west popping. Below freezing in allentown and reading and close to that wilmington and lancaster. Everybody on the chilly side this morning. Even though winds are light we have a windchill that is making it feel like the 20s just about everywhere. As we roll through the day, though, its going to be are a snow melter today. Noon, 45 degrees under the sun. This afternoon well get up to 51 at 3 30 p. M. Or 4 00 p. M. And stay on 50 with the sunshine prevalent in the afternoon and into the early evening. This is the arrival of spring as tamala mentioned in 28 minutes 6 29 spring arrives. This is the time of year we expect the increased Daylight Hours and the temperatures start to rise. Karen what you got on the roads . Reporter we have problems that start this morning, first morning commute when you head out to the mid county toll plaza you cannot use the ez pass lanes they are blocked in both directions because of con