Life Flight: A Tale of Two American Healthcare Realities | By Kimberly J. Soenen July 25, 2022
Within weeks of one another, Kimber Wraalstad, the top administrator and CEO at Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center in Cook County Minnesota, and Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen both stated on the public record that the public health and safety crisis is dire. Wraalstad said she and the head of housekeeping at the hospital are now also driving ambulances to 911 calls.
Is the United States model of, and approach to, healthcare financing and delivery sustainable?
Read more in my essay published today by MinnPost in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For more data and research on the state of rural healthcare in the United States, look to: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (or Sheps Center) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Other recommended related reading: Many Miles to Go
