Apparently now they have a weighting system, but why didnt they send out an email about it. I have to hear the only reason i heard about it, because my friends not in kaiser got them. So i started asking, you know, just by chance, my doctor told me to come when he got it to see him. And they didnt have any. Then i found out there is a waiting list. I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, k
And what is happening to them . A small fraction of them, i would bet, 5 of them make rounds in the hospital, on their own time to see their patients during hospitalization, by may be brief of longer. I understand the model, butt system but the system doesnt really encourage that and all of a sudden, the primary sort of gets handed a patient on discharge and sometimes the hospitals, they institute a program where the hospital called the patient a week later to see how theyre doing, but after that, the hospital was out of the picture. Assumption was the primary care, but they have, as in every health care system, not just kaiser, they have their hands fall just dealing with walkins that dont have insurance that day [laughter]. I want to make sure and i think this is your understanding, that the presentation wasnt about complex Care Management just in the obgyn setting. I know that, yeah. Its across all areas. I know in the discussions weve had in working on all of this, there has been a
Will hear from Data Security health care officials, just Getting Started live coverage on cspan2. Shedding light on so no pressing issues of our time when it comes to cybersecurity threats and how they impact our nation. For todays briefing i think specifically of seeing a number of very highprofile, expenses and quite like a potentially dangerous cybersecurity attacks on our Nations Health care sector. We brought in two individuals today set up a wealth of knowledge in this area, both robert lord was a chief Strategy Officer at the tennis protenus and youll be here to give a presentation to us to talk about this important topic as well as we have jen covich was the ceo of dhi. Without further ado i will that the first presentation get started. Thanks a much, great. I very rarely give talks that are standing room only, to really appreciate your guys interest today. As great dimension im robert lord, cofounder and president chief Strategy Officer of protenus and also im a a fellw at new
Care. The Senate Aging Committee hearing is about one hour, 40 minutes. The Senate National committee on aging will come to order. As chairman, my top priority is keeping our promises to Older Americans and to americans with disabilities. We owe it to have the necessary information to decide when, where, and how to receive care as they age. That has motivated my advocacy, for example, for home and committeebased services. Every american wants to receive care. It has similarly motivated my work to ensure Nursing Homes are providing safe, quality care for all of their residents. We need to address the chronic underfunding and understaffing for the state agencies that conduct nursing home oversight so they can effectively protect the health and safety of residents. And this core mission of the aging committee brings us to todays topic, the topic of assisted living. And that landscape. It has been 20 years since this Committee Held a hearing on assisted living. With the dramatic growth of
The Senate National committee on aging will come to order. As chairman, my top priority is keeping our promises to Older Americans and to americans with disabilities. We owe it to have the necessary information to decide when, where, and how to receive care as they age. That has motivated my advocacy, for example, for home and committeebased services. Every american wants to receive care. It has similarly motivated my work to ensure Nursing Homes are providing safe, quality care for all of their residents. We need to address the chronic underfunding and understaffing for the state agencies that conduct nursing home oversight so they can effectively protect the health and safety of residents. And this core mission of the aging committee brings us to todays topic, the topic of assisted living. And that landscape. It has been 20 years since this Committee Held a hearing on assisted living. With the dramatic growth of the assisted living industry in recent decades, it is long past time for