Thursday, May 18, 2006

TOP 10 LISTS

Okay ladies and gentlemen, today we will provide you two Top 10 lists.

Feel free to add your own in the discussion section.

TOP 10 Reason to Support the Hospital in Spring Hill.

10. Area clinics and services are typically only open until 4:30. This hospital would provide easy access to a variety of services at much better hours for working families...like 24 hours a day.

9. Giving the Spring Hill area a hospital will bring along with it many other medical services in future years. The creation of a hospitals will allow a variety of specialists to come into the region and offer services.

8. With as many children as there are in this city, shouldn't we be able to provide nearby assistance for the many after school activities that are going on?

7. HCA TriStar has committed to everything that the city has asked and is a vital partner in many other cities around Tennessee. The commitment is so strong that land will be purchased prior to the CON hearing and first class ambulance service will be provided with or without approval of the CON.

6. As all of the cities involved grow, traffic will only increase, road construction will only continue, and travel times to MRH and WMC will increase. I wonder what the travel time will be to Williamson Medical in 2 years, not to mention what it is now?

5. The hospital will take a few years to build. The need will only increase in that time.

4. This will add 300 new jobs to the area immediately from HCA TriStar alone.

3. A new hospital in the city will be the single most influential business creator for Spring Hill since Saturn. The businesses that are produced by the wake of a hospital will give this region stability and diversity of employment opportunities for years to come.

2. With the city's population growing to 50,000 and beyond, there is a present and growing need for emergency service closer than it is currently located.

1. Because together we can make Spring Hill everything that we envision. These next few months are the most pivotal point in our city's future.


TOP 10 Ways to get involved

10. Attend a town hall meeting on June 13th or July 18th at the UAW.

9. Sign the petition!

8. Bring 5 people with you to the next town hall meeting.

7. Download the petition on this website and get your neighbors to sign.

6. Commit to attending the Certificate of Need hearing on the morning of July 26th. You will be back to work after lunch.

5. Write a letter of support (Click here for talking points) for the hospital.

4. Write a letter to the editor (Click here for talking points) of the newspaper of your choice supporting the need for a hospital in Spring Hill.

3. Influence your local community leaders, pastors, friends, relatives, beautician, hair stylist, etc. to learn about the issue and get involved.

2. Request a yardsign and distribute flyers to your neighbors (we will get you that information).

1. Contact Us and we will get you involved in a way that best suits your talent.


This Certificate of Need process will be voted on July 26th in Nashville. We all know that there is a need in this area and we have become complacent in believing that it is a done deal. As a community, we have yet to really come together and let our opinions be known on this issue. Now is the time to show OUR support for a Spring Hill Hospital. This review board needs to know that the city in question is very much behind this idea!

GET INVOLVED !!!

TOGETHER WE CAN

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the Top 10 ways to get involved. That is the kind of information I am happy to see on this blog! We can no longer sit back and think that our participation is not needed. Just look at the pitiful numbers of Spring Hill residents who voted in the most recent election. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THIS CITY GREAT! Get up and DO SOMETHING!!!! Don't let this hospital slip out of our hands.

Anonymous said...

Okay Gorilla, I'll play along:

My Top 10 Reasons why we should have our own hospital:

10. Because I am sick of the Hoenwald City Council telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

9. Because I am sick of the Columbia City Council telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

8. Because I am sick of the Maury County Commission telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

7. Because I am sick of Laura Bustetter (WMC) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

6. Because I am sick of Darlene Baxter (MRH) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

5. Because I am sick of Jeff Kaplan (Vandy) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

4. Because I am sick of Jim Houser (St T) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

3. Because I am sick of Dennis Miller (WMC) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

2. Because I am sick of Robert Otwell (MRH) telling me that I don't need a hospital where I live.

1. Because every one of the above people recognizes that we have a need here in Spring Hill and they would love to build their own hospital here if they could.

Silverback said...

Mail your letter of support for the CON to:
Tim Scarvey
TriStar Health System
Email to: Tim.Scarvey@HCAhealthcare.com
Fax to: (615) 886-4983
Mail to: TriStar Health System
Attn: Tim Scarvey
110 Winners Circle, 1st Floor
Brentwood, TN 37027

Letters to the editor of local media:
The Columbia Daily Herald
Email to: newsroomc@c-dh.net
Fax to: (931) 388-1003
Mail to: Columbia Daily Herald Letter to the Editor
P.O. Box 1425
Columbia, TN 38402-1425

Williamson A.M. Letter to the Editor
Email to: wam@tennessean.com
Fax to: (615) 771-5409
Mail to: Williamson A.M. Letter to the Editor
Suite 202 A
320 Premier Court
Franklin, TN 37067

Please include your name, address and phone number for verification purposes.

Anonymous said...

I think the top reason for a hospital was exposed in the paper today. Kickbacks.

Anonymous said...

you mean 3 years of asking to get an ambulance service landing on deaf ears

Anonymous said...

How much money do you think certain officials are making off this?

Anonymous said...

We all should have known that HCA was up to something fishy. Apparently they found just the right dance partners.

Anonymous said...

Top Ten Reasons Not to Support the proposed HCA Hospital in Spring Hill


10. The mayor has refused to consider any other providers besides HCA

9. The mayor made this rash decision without first consulting other elected officials

8. HCA is notorious for developing gateway hospitals that will only feed patients to Centennial, thus increasing the drive to “your hospital” by approx 45 minutes

7. The opponents to this hospital seem to be healthcare providers; whereas, the supporters of this hospital have little or no knowledge of healthcare other than what the mayor has told them

6. The current EMS ambulances in Neapolis and Thompson Station receive only two or less calls a day

5. The Acute Care Clinic cannot justify staying open later because there are not enough patients being seen

4. York turned down an offer from existing hospital’s because it was too expensive and refused to even accept offers to meet and discuss the issue with existing hospitals

3. The mayor seems convinced that this hospital is coming, and appears very, very supportive of HCA and ignores other healthcare providers who have made equitable offers.

2. HCA and the mayor have purposefully misled the public relative to MRH and WMC’s attempts to place more providers in the Spring Hill area. In fact numerous attempts have been made and the mayor has rejected them

1. Something is rotten in Spring Hill (Denmark). Why is the mayor so attached to HCA? Is it because property taxes were alleviated and now money is needed. Is this why the budget must be discussed behind closed doors? Is this an attempt to gain popularity? The answer is right before each of us, if you will only remove the blinders long enough to see it. Someone’s pockets are filling up quickly with HCA’s money.



Quit acting like a stubborn child who wants to pitch a fit because you were told No and that is not what you wanted to hear.

Anonymous said...

Here is a bit of reality that this blog is desperately missing:


City favors HCA

By NANCY GLASSCOCK/Staff Writer



Maury Regional Hospital and Williamson Medical Center officials have requested to attend the next work session of the Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen to present details of a proposal for ambulance services, MRH Associate Administrator Darlene Baxter said Thursday.

Baxter and WMC Chief Operating Officer Rodger Klein sent a letter Monday to Spring Hill Mayor Danny Leverette requesting the proposal from MRH and WMC be placed on an agenda for discussion. The letter also details a timeline of negotiations between hospital and Spring Hill officials.

“As this timeline indicates, a proposal for ambulance service in Spring Hill by Maury Regional EMS and Williamson Medical EMS is not to be confused or integrated with the discussion by HCA on construction of a hospital in Spring Hill,” the letter states. “This proposal is the continuing discussion among Maury Regional, Williamson Medical and Spring Hill officials to finalize plans for bringing an additional ambulance into Spring Hill.”

On Tuesday, Leverette sent a letter in response to the request from Baxter and Klein stating the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to enter into a letter of intent with HCA’s TriStar Health System for ambulance service.

“This letter of intent (from HCA) sets a clear direction to ending our long-term efforts to provide emergency medical services to our citizens,” the letter from Leverette states. “Thank you for your proposal and your interest in providing EMS service to Spring Hill. We look forward to continuing a working relationship with each of you.”


Baxter said at MRH’s Board of Trustees meeting Thursday, hospital officials want to correct misinformation about MRH and discussions of ambulance service in Spring Hill. Baxter said MRH presented an offer for the service to Spring Hill City Administrator Ken York July 14, which York later deemed too expensive for the city.

On Aug. 16, Baxter said Klein met with York to offer a partnership between MRH and WMC to provide ambulance service for the city, and York said he would schedule a meeting with Maury and Williamson officials to discuss the arrangement. Several phone calls were made by representatives of MRH and WMC, but no meeting was scheduled, Baxter said.

MRH and WMC officials attempted to schedule a similar meeting in November, but a meeting was never held, Baxter said. On April 3 and April 27, an MRH representative contacted York to confirm work on the joint proposal would soon be completed.

Baxter said York welcomed the offer April 3, and said MRH and WMC could choose between two new fire stations as the EMS base. Baxter said on April 27, York said he anticipated receiving another proposal.



“The (MRH and WMC) proposal was hand-delivered by the Maury Regional EMS and Williamson Medical EMS directors to Ken York’s office on Monday, May 8,” Baxter said. “Attempts to contact Mr. York to schedule a meeting to deliver the proposal were unsuccessful. Since Mr. York was out of the office at the time the proposal was hand-delivered, a note was left with the proposal requesting a meeting to discuss the proposal.”

The following Tuesday Leverette announced plans to partner with HCA for ambulance service and said the offer from MRH and WMC was “a little too late.”

Baxter and MRH CEO Robert Otwell conducted a presentation at Thursday’s MRH Board of Trustees meeting that included a series of what Baxter and Otwell termed “misinformation corrections,” including an alleged 40-minute EMS call.

“A Spring Hill resident was quoted in the media as saying that Maury Regional EMS took 40 minutes to respond to a call,” Baxter said.

Spring Hill resident Peter Jenkins said at a TriStar Community meeting in April former Spring Hill Mayor Ray Williams might be alive if adequate emergency medical services were available at the time of Williams’ death of a heart attack in Jan. 2005.

“It took Maury Regional 40 minutes to get there to get him,” Jenkins said in April. “They were lost, couldn’t find the place from what I understand.”



Baxter said according to an EMS log, Maury Regional EMS responded to the call in 15 minutes. An EMS medical director responding from his home in Spring Hill arrived in 18 minutes, Baxter said.

“I don’t know where this gentleman got his information, but it is inaccurate,” she said.

Baxter said EMS was not lost when responding to the call, but did make a wrong turn toward a barn near the home instead of the residence.

“That’s the only thing that could be described as getting lost,” she said. “That gentleman got fine, high quality care.”

Otwell said MRH contributes $900,000 annually as an in-lieu of tax agreement with Maury County and provided $270,000 this year for medical care to Maury County jail inmates.

“We feel this is a very significant contribution to the community,” he said.

A spokeswoman for Voices4Care, a community organization opposed to HCA’s proposed hospital in Spring Hill, said the group has grown to about 500 members and has collected about 2,000 signatures from residents opposed to another hospital in Maury County.

Anonymous said...

Too little too late, does that refer to money or something else?

Maybe too little stroking of the mayor's ego.

Anonymous said...

“Do any of you realize TriStar doesn’t even have ambulances or manage them? Seems awful funny to me as soon as the bids went in from Maury and Williamson that all of a sudden TriStar gets a bid in late that night after business hours. There is something rotten about all of this.”

Anonymous said...

It's apparant what the next angle of attack is going to be the "Mayor".

I guess you also believe everything you read in the National Enquirer!

Are there aliens at site #51?

Anonymous said...

anon. @ 21:59

Face reality! Reality is providing "Quality of Life" to 23,000+ citizens.

Anonymous said...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Reggie Leach

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)

The wisest men follow their own direction.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)

We need men who can dream of things that never were.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Anna Quindlen (1953 - )

It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.
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We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
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Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.
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Anonymous said...

In July of last year, MRH proposal to the city was for the city to buy MRH an ambulance AND pay MRH for the operations cost each year.

Nine months later, MRH offers to provide an ambulance and the staffing at no cost to the city.

Those are the facts that Darlene Baxter forgot to mention.

Anonymous said...

Top 10 lies being made by Chandler Anderson:

Top Ten Reasons Not to Support the proposed HCA Hospital in Spring Hill


10. The mayor has refused to consider any other providers besides HCA - False. MRH in July 2005, per Darlene Baxter's own admission.

9. The mayor made this rash decision without first consulting other elected officials - False. I had heard from other elected officials about the possibility of MRH building a hospital in Spring Hill in 2005.

8. HCA is notorious for developing gateway hospitals that will only feed patients to Centennial, thus increasing the drive to "your hospital" by approx 45 minutes. All health care facilities transfer patients when the scope of practice for a facility is exceeded. I was once transferred from WMC to Vanderbilt because WMC couldn't provide the treatment that my doctor said I needed.

7. The opponents to this hospital seem to be healthcare providers; whereas, the supporters of this hospital have little or no knowledge of healthcare other than what the mayor has told them. False - Get a copy of the CON request. The whole CON, not just a few cover pages from your supervisor.

6. The current EMS ambulances in Neapolis and Thompson Station receive only two or less calls a day. False - Dare I ask how many convalescent calls the MRH ambulance in Neapolis receives each day? Could that be why it takes 20 minutes to respond to a call at a Spring Hill High School Baseball game?

5. The Acute Care Clinic cannot justify staying open later because there are not enough patients being seen. False - It is not a secret that Spring Hill is a bedroom community. The demand is at its greatest after 4:30PM.

4. York turned down an offer from existing hospital’s because it was too expensive and refused to even accept offers to meet and discuss the issue with existing hospitals. False - Mr. York presented the offer to the board in July, I was luck enough to be at the meeting when he did. The board instructed Mr. York to pursue a third party because MRH's proposal amounted to the city paying for the entire service.

3. The mayor seems convinced that this hospital is coming, and appears very, very supportive of HCA and ignores other healthcare providers who have made equitable offers. False - There are no equitable offers on the table. From what I read in the Daily Herald, MRH & WMC are offering 1 ambulance for 3 years. HCA is offering 2 ambulances for 5 years.

2. HCA and the mayor have purposefully misled the public relative to MRH and WMC’s attempts to place more providers in the Spring Hill area. In fact numerous attempts have been made and the mayor has rejected them. False - Ken York spoke on behalf of MRH's CON request at the CON hearing in 2005.

1. Something is rotten in Spring Hill (Denmark). Why is the mayor so attached to HCA?

Because they are the only ones to have said that they are committed to the Spring Hill Community. Yes, WMC and MRH have provided health care to this city, but their opposition to this hospital clearly demonstrates that their priority is not the needs of the community.

Anonymous said...

It is very clear that you have no desire to hear any other opinion than those that go along with your need for a hospital. The truth is that MRH and WMC have tried to provide service to this area. Plans to provide ambulance coverage are not developed overnight. MRH and WMC have worked on this for quite a while. It is very clear that the mayor and other officials want HCA for the money they will generate, not for the care that they provide.


Now to address your top ten rebuttal.

10. The mayor was given very clear alternatives to HCA well before this whole folly started. Yes Baxter did present an offer for services, however, the need for a hospital was so great that she was turned down because of cost. Essentially stating "we need a hospital, but we are unwilling to pay the costs associated."

9. "I had heard" hearsay is probably not your best argument. This is kinda like the fictitous 40 minute response time.

8. You are correct that people are transferred to higher levels of care. However when the level of acute care provided is low, as the case will be here, just read the aforementioned CON, the frequency of transfer increases. Who do you think transfers more people? Marshall Medical Center or Maury Regional? You will in essence have another MMC on your hands, but HCA will call it full service.

7. Yet another nonsensical response. I have the whole CON, not just the pages you have chosen to post here. You are clearly reflective of the HCA and Levrette mentality. "If they nail us on a question, let's just attack their credibility or make up some facts." Many folks with knowledge of the healthcare system, AKA people who actually work in it everyday, are opposed to this hospital as they see the damage that it would cause to people who go there in search of equitable care.

6. Again, they run convelescent calls because THEY RECEIVE SO FEW ACUTE CARE calls. Should they be pulled to convelesecent calls, NO! However I can assure you that the fine EMS folks that work for MRH certainly are more dedicated and knowledgeable than to run a convelescent call rather than an acute call if they had to choose between the two.Furthermore, I can assure you that that the mayor's ridiculous comment regarding the equitable service that will be provided by HCA's ambulance service has done nothing but inflame the hard working people that cover EMS now.

Is your time fictitous like Mr. Jenkins?

5. Your comment would certainly be more believable if the two existing hospitals showed a peak in their Spring Hill service after 4:30 that was disproportional to that of other areas. If your complaint was truly emergent, you would seek care, rather than putting it off until it was convenient for your schedule. I could speak for days on what a true emergency is versus what most people come to ERs for.

4. Again, you will get what you pay for. The city has been so dedicated to getting the increased level of health coverage that they turn down a reasonable offer in order to search for a "third party." However they snatch up HCA at the mention of increased revenue for the city.

3. From what I read in the Herald.... Come on, You give the appearance of being so knowledgable but then come off with garbage such as this. However I do understand why you would lack access to the facts, as York and Levrette have done all they can to keep the services offered by MRH and WMC a secret, so that thesetwo providers can continue to be viewed as the "bad guys."

2. Mr. York also purposefully avoided receiving the proposals from MRH and WMC because he knew that HCA would be making an offer. I guess if you avoid receiving something, whether delivered by mail or in person, you can argue it never came. Maybe I could do that with my bills. If I never open them, maybe I will not have to pay them.

1) Just because these two groups oppose THIS hospital doesn't mean that they do not support Spring Hill. How foolish, and clearly representative of the thought process of so many folks. "If you arenot totally with me, you must be against me." That train of thought only works in the movies!!! Just because they are not the sweetest deal on the table, and the officials involved chose to IGNORE the offers presented by MRH and WMC, does not mean that they do not care about the community.


At times I wish that HCA would get the CON so everyone who has clammered to get this hospital could see what poor service they will receive. Those of us who have seen and experienced the reality of "for profit" healthcare have tried to forewarn everyone. I have spoke out against the dangers, as have numerous other providers. I guess the old saying "You made your bed, now lay in it" will be applicable soon.


The truth of the matter is that MRH and WMC have and are attempting to provide services in this area, but officials have ignored their offer because it was not the price they wanted or the offers were not given in time frames that officials felt were appropriate. HCA is allowing the officials to be the boss here and get all sorts of public praise. "Oh our fine mayor is trying to get us a hospital, what a great man!" Officials should keep in mind that this public praise can also turn into public shame very easily when the first death occurs at this new hospital because there were not enough critical ER beds to take care of them.

So, in closing, go on and call my post lies because it is not what you want to hear. Maybe this will help it bemore palatable: "Spring Hill needs a hospital equitable to the Mayo Clinic and John Hopkins because I know folks who have been treated there who live in Spring Hill. We also need a trauma center here equitable to Vandy, because we have traumas in this community. Also we need a pediatric hospital, just like Vandy's because we have children here that need care. We also need a neurosurgeon because people have strokes. St Thomas should also start an open heart program here because I know some folks who have had bypass. Of course, anyone that disagrees with this is communist and should be cast out of the community, because to disagree would mean that you don't care about Spring Hill residents with trauma, stroke, coronary disease, or kids."

Hey now I even feel better. I have to go put all that on a yard sign!!

Gorilla in the Corner said...

Wow, someone was excited yesterday!

:) I think someone had their dog run over or something?

Anonymous said...

How about a list of the real level of care that hca's ambulances will provide.

1 hca does not run ambulances. It will be contracted to private service.

2 private services do not respond to heart attacks, car accidents ect. They are used to transport nursing home patients to routine doctors visits and dialysis.

3 The same nursing homes that use them for routine runs, call county ems units and the fire department for medical emergencies with their residents.

4 Most crews have little or no emergency experience and the only patient care they do is taking vitals signs.

5 Emergency ambulances are money loser not money makers. Any company that operates for profit can not run 2 advanced life support units with no government help and only depend on insurance payments. It is simple economics the trucks will not be allowed to sit when not on emergency runs they will be used for non emergency transports, thus taking them out of service for emergency runs.

People need to put passion and politics aside and see that they are covered by a first class ems service in williamson county. If letting hca provide ems is just to thumb their noses at williamson and maury count that is a dangerous game with peoples lives. I have 15 years of emergency experience in williamson county to back up what I have said. I have also worked for more than one private ambulance service so I know first hand that the level of care is less than what we have now. If spring Hill is to have its own ambulances then they should be dedicated full time emergency units staffed and run by the fire department.

Anonymous said...

Chandler Anderson a.k.a. "Know it All", fails to recognize that the 22 states, 3 countries and many, many comunities below, totaling over 90+ hospitals may just know more than he does. How much, other than your daily pay, is WMC contributing to your negative campaign efforts? By the way Chandler, I'm certain thousands of educated and certified medical individuals were involved in allowing the below hospitals. Do you also know more than they?

My 22 States, 3 Countries, & many, many comunities as reasons way:

New Hampshire

Parkland Medical Center
Portsmouth Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Salem Surgery Center

Virginia

HCA Hospitals Southwest Virginia, HCA Richmond, Richmond Shared Services
Facility City
Alleghany Regional Hospital Low Moor
CJW Medical Center Richmond
Clinch Valley Medical Center Richlands
Dominion Hospital Falls Church
Fairfax Surgical Center Fairfax
Hanover Outpatient Surgery Center Mechanicsville
Henrico Doctors' Hospital Richmond
John Randolph Medical Center Hopewell
Lewis-Gale Medical Center Salem
Montgomery Regional Hospital Blacksburg
Northern Virginia Community Hospital Arlington
Pulaski Community Hospital Pulaski
Reston Hospital Center Reston
Reston Surgery Center Reston
Retreat Hospital Richmond
Tuckahoe Surgery Center Richmond

West Virginia

Putnam General Hospital Hurricane
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley
St. Francis Hospital Charleston
St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg

North Carolina

Brunswick Community Hospital Supply

South Carolina

Colleton Ambulatory Medical Center Walterboro
Colleton Surgery Center Walterboro
Grand Dunes Surgery Center Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center Myrtle Beach
Trident Ambulatory Surgery Center Charleston
Trident Eye Surgery Center Charleston
Trident Medical Center Charleston

Georgia

Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center Atlanta
Atlanta Outpatient Peachtree Dunwoody Center Atlanta
Augusta Surgical Center Augusta
Buckhead Ambulatory Surgery Center Atlanta
Cartersville Medical Center Cartersville
Coliseum Medical Centers Macon
Coliseum Psychiatric Center Macon
Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center Macon
Doctors Hospital Surgery Center Evans
Doctors Hospital Augusta
Doctors Hospital Columbus
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center Atlanta
Emory Eastside Medical Center Snellville
Fairview Park Hospital Dublin
Hughston Orthopedic Hospital Columbus
Macon Northside Hospital Macon
Marietta Surgical Center Marietta
Northlake Medical Center Tucker
Northlake Surgical Center Tucker
Palmyra Medical Centers Albany
Pediatric Center at Atlanta Outpatient Atlanta
Polk Medical Center Cedartown
Redmond Regional Medical Center Rome
Surgery Center of Rome Rome

Florida

Ambulatory Surgery Center-Tampa
Tampa
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center
Aventura
Bayonet Point Surgery and Endoscopy Center
Hudson
Belleair Surgery Center
Clearwater
Blake Medical Center
Bradenton
Bonita Bay Surgery Center
Bonita Springs
Brandon Regional Hospital
Brandon
Brandon Surgery Center
Brandon
Capital Regional Medical Center
Tallahassee
Cedars Medical Center Miami
Center for Special Surgery
St. Petersburg
Central Florida Regional Hospital
Sanford
Central Florida Surgicenter
Lakeland
Columbia Hospital West Palm Beach
Community Hospital
New Port Richey
Countryside Surgery Center
Clearwater
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Sarasota
Doctors Same Day Surgery Center
Sarasota
Edward White Hospital
St. Petersburg
Englewood Community Hospital
Englewood
Fawcett Memorial Hospital
Port Charlotte
Florida Surgery Center
Altamonte Springs
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach
Gulf Coast Hospital
Fort Myers
Gulf Coast Medical Center
Panama City
Gulf Coast Surgery Center
Bradenton
Jacksonville Surgery Center
Jacksonville
JFK Medical Center Atlantis
Kendall Regional Medical Center Miami
Kissimmee Surgery Center
Kissimmee
Lake City Medical Center
Lake City
Largo Medical Center
Largo
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute Fort Pierce
Memorial Hospital Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Merritt Island Surgery Center
Merritt Island
New Port Richey Surgery Center
New Port Richey
North County Surgicenter
Palm Beach Gardens
North Florida Regional Medical Center
Gainesville
North Florida Surgical Pavillion
Gainesville
North Miami Beach Surgical Center
Miami
Northside Hospital and Heart Institute
St. Petersburg
Northwest Medical Center Margate
Oak Hill Hospital
Spring Hill
Ocala Regional Medical Center
Ocala
Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park
Orange Park Surgery Center
Orange Park
Osceola Regional Medical Center
Kissimmee
Outpatient Surgical Services
Plantation
Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee
Parkside Surgery Center
Jacksonville
Plantation General Hospital Plantation
Plaza Surgery Center
Jacksonville
Raulerson Hospital Okeechobee
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point
Hudson
Same Day SurgiCenter of Orlando
Orlando
South Bay Hospital
Sun City Center
Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center
Fort Myers
Specialty Hospital Jacksonville
Jacksonville
St. Lucie Medical Center Port St. Lucie
St. Lucie Surgery Center
Port St. Lucie
St. Petersburg General Hospital
St. Petersburg
Surgery Center at Coral Springs
Coral Springs
Surgery Center at St. Andrews
Venice
Surgical Park Center
Miami
Tallahassee Outpatient Surgery Center
Tallahassee
Tampa Eye and Specialty Surgery Center
Tampa
Twin Cities Hospital
Niceville
University Hospital and Medical Center Tamarac
West Florida Hospital
Pensacola
West Marion Community Hospital
ocala
Westside Regional Medical Center Plantation

Tennessee

Atrium Memorial Surgery Center Chattanooga
Centennial Medical Center Nashville
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City Ashland City
Centennial Surgery Center Nashville
Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville
Horizon Medical Center Dickson
Parkridge East Hospital Chattanooga
Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga
Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga
Skyline Medical Center Nashville
Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville
StoneCrest Medical Center Smyrna
Summit Medical Center Hermitage
Summit Surgery Center Hermitage

Kentucky

Frankfort Regional Medical Center
Frankfort
Greenview Regional Hospital Bowling Green

Indiana

Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Terre Haute

Mississippi

Garden Park Medical Center
Gulfport
Gulfport Outpatient Surgery Center Gulfport

Louisiana


Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville
Dauterive Hospital New Iberia
DePaul-Tulane Behavioral Health Center New Orleans
Lafayette Surgicare Lafayette
Lakeside Hospital Metairie
Lakeview Regional Medical Center Covington
Oakdale Community Hospital Oakdale
Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria
Savoy Medical Center Mamou
Southwest Medical Center- Lafayette Lafayette
Tulane University Hospital and Clinic New Orleans
Winn Parish Medical Center Winnfield
Women's & Children's Hospital Lafayette

Texas

Bailey Square Surgery Center Austin
Bay Area Surgicare Center Webster
Bayshore Medical Center Pasadena
Bayshore Surgery Center Pasadena
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center Webster
Conroe Regional Medical Center Conroe
Corpus Christi Medical Center Corpus Christi
Del Sol Medical Center El Paso
Denton Regional Medical Center Denton
East El Paso Surgery Center El Paso
East Houston Regional Medical Center Houston
Gramercy Outpatient Surgery Center Houston
Green Oaks Hospital Dallas
Kingwood Medical Center Kingwood
Las Colinas Medical Center Irving
Las Colinas Surgery Center Irving
Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso
Mainland Medical Center Texas City
McKinney Surgery Center McKinney
Medical Center of Arlington Arlington
Medical Center of Lewisville Lewisville
Medical Center of McKinney McKinney
Medical Center of Plano Plano
Medical City Dallas Hospital Dallas
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center-Medical Center San Antonio
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center-North Central San Antonio
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center-Northeast San Antonio
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Hospital Northwest San Antonio
Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas San Antonio
Methodist Hospital San Antonio
Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital San Antonio
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital San Antonio
North Austin Medical Center Austin
North Austin Medical Center Asc Austin
North Hills Hospital North Richland Hills
Northeast Methodist Hospital San Antonio
Oakwood Surgery Center Round Rock
Park Central Surgical Center Dallas
Plaza Day Surgery Ft. Worth
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth Ft. Worth
Rio Grande Regional Hospital McAllen
Rio Grande Surgery Center McAllen
Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock
South Austin Hospital Austin
Spring Branch Medical Center Houston
St. David's Medical Center Austin
St. David's Pavilion Austin
St. David's Rehabilitation Center Austin
Surgery Center of El Paso El Paso
Surgery Center of Plano Plano
Surgicare of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi
Surgicare of South Austin Austin
Texas Orthopedic Hospital Houston
Texas Pediatric Surgery Center North Richland Hills
Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville
West Houston Medical Center Houston
Woman's Hospital of Texas Houston

Oklahoma

Edmond Medical Center Edmond
Oklahoma Surgicare Oklahoma City
OU Medical Center Oklahoma City
Surgicare Midtown Oklahoma City

Missouri

Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center Kansas City
Independence Regional Health Center Independence
Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington
Lee's Summit Hospital Lee's Summit
Medical Center of Independence Independence
Research Belton Hospital Belton
Research Medical Center
Kansas City
Research Psychiatric Center Kansas City
Surgicenter of Kansas City Kansas City

Kansas

Allen County Hospital
Iola
Menorah Medical Center Overland Park
Overland Park Regional Medical Center Overland Park
Surgicenter of Johnson County Overland Park
Surgicare of Wichita Wichita
Wesley Medical Center Wichita

Colorado

Centrum Surgical Center Greenwood Village
Lakewood Surgical Center Lakewood
Midtown Surgical Center Denver
North Suburban Medical Center Thornton
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Denver
Rose Medical Center Denver
Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree
Sky Ridge Surgical Center Lone Tree
Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital Aurora
Swedish Medical Center Englewood
The Medical Center of Aurora Aurora

Utah

Brigham City Community Hospital Brigham City
Lakeview Hospital Bountiful
Mountain View Hospital Payson
Ogden Regional Medical Center Ogden
St. Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City
St. Mark's Outpatient Surgery Center Salt Lake City
Timpanogos Regional Hospital Orem

Idaho

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls
West Valley Medical Center Caldwell

Nevada

Flamingo Surgery Center Las Vegas
Las Vegas Surgery Center Las Vegas
MountainView Hospital Las Vegas
Sahara Surgery Center Las Vegas
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas

California

Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose
Los Gatos Surgical Center Los Gatos
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Thousand Oaks
Los Robles Surgicenter Thousand Oaks
Regional Medical Center San Jose San Jose
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside
Riverside Community Surgicenter Riverside
West Hills Hospital & Medical Center West Hills
West Hills Surgical Center West Hills

Alaska

Alaska Regional Hospital Anchorage

Switzerland

Clinique De Carouge
Carouge
Hopital de la Tour Meyrin/Geneve

England

London Bridge Hospital
London
The Harley Street Clinic London
Lister Hospital London
The Portland Hospital for Women and Children London
Princess Grace Hospital London
The Wellington Hospital London

Anonymous said...

It is amazing that you spent all that time trying to create an argument by listing these hospitals, but yet failed to include an argument as to why these hospitals are relavent. I can assure you that WMC contributes nothing to my opinions on this board. I find it absolutely ridiculous that someone posts a list of ten reasons why Spring Hill needs a hospital and nine out of ten of them are "because I am tired of someone telling me no." I don't profess to know it all, or even most. But I can tell you that I know the dynamics involved in this situation, including the fact that the mayor has prostituted Spring Hill out to HCA because they will pay the city, instead of the city paying them, and at the cost of quality healthcare.

One reason why I post on here is because people need to hear another side to things, and from someone with a little medical knowledge. You all refuse to discuss pertinent facts. The medic above brings out very valid points, but his argument is overlooked. The only real argument you have made is that Spring Hill is growing. Everything else has been "we want" or "we deserve", or attacks against people you do not even know. I can tell you that the people who have resorted to these types of attacks are not half the quality of people as Dennis Miller, Rodger Klein, or Laura Bustetter. But you wouldn't know that because you would rather assume they are terrible people because they do not have your exact train of thought.

Relative to the mayor issue. The writing is on the wall. MRH and WMC offered services, but he chose to go with someone who could provide them cheaper. However you get what you pay for. I have worked for all three companies involved. Only when I worked for HCA did I have to send nurses home in order to meet the daily numbers. For example, in ER we used the number 2.3 for our staffing. If we saw 100 patients, we were alloted 230 hours of staff for the day. Divide that by twelve hours, as that is the hours per shift worked. That means 19 staff members allowed per day, including secretaries, triage nurses,Fast Track, main ER nurses, etc. So the day shift would have plenty of staff, because the managers did not want to miss a meeting. So at night, I was forced to cut my staff back to three. Three nurses for 21 beds. We also did all the triage and all the secretary work. So after midnight, we had three nurses. The same will happen at this hospital as it is for profit.

By the way, my name is Chandler Anderson, so you can stop feeling as if you have accomplished some great feat by listing my name in your posts.

Anonymous said...

One other thing. The least you could have done is take out all the outpatient centers and rehab centers from your list, as they are not hospitals. I guess you did not know any better, being someone who is trying to process medical information with no fundamental understanding of it.

By the way, why don't you start listing your names if you are so confident in your statements?

CA

Anonymous said...

How foolish can you be to list all the HCA hospitals and assume that all of the communities they are in had the same issues as Spring Hill? That is representative of the level of understanding we are dealing with.

Anonymous said...

A "disgruntled know it all" hoping to gain favor with WMC executives by making statements such as “.......are not half the quality of people as Dennis Miller, Rodger Klein, or Laura Bustetter". I wonder if you will turn on the leadership of WMC and the elected officials once your services are no longer needed at WMC. Your track record indicates this is inevitable. By the way, I do not recall any of the above mentioned individuals being attacked. You are the only one that sees fit to attack HCA and the Spring Hill leadership. Quit trying to project yourself onto others.

Again, 90+ hospitals in 22 states, 3 countries, & many, many communities speaks for itself. Sounds like our community leaders are right on track. One common denominator I’m sure was "NEED". The truth is painful CA.

Anonymous said...

let's keep in mind that nobody is attacking the quality of care that WMC or MRH provides as well.

Anonymous said...

Again, you are yet to bring any valid issues relative to why this hospital is needed. You choose to try and discredit me by saying I am disgruntled or this or that. Secondly, I don't have to get on a blog and praise anyone for them to appreciate my work, my performance at work speaks for itself. Just because HCA is a big corporation doesn't mean that we need them in Spring Hill. That argument is ridiculous at best. HCA is everywhere so they should come here, is the most absurd thought process I have ever heard. When you choose to discuss valid topics and can defend your position with something other than name calling or random facts let me know.

Finally you have no idea about my track record. Anytime you want to compare careers let me know. At some point you should probably stop hiding behind the anonymous moniker and show some spine and reveal who you are. However this probably will not happen. Just like the HCA deal you are a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Furthermore if you think I am the only one that is opposed to this plan, you obviously cannot read or choose not to read any local paper.

The truth does hurt folks like you who refuse to believe that there is another point of view out there. When you can grow up and argue for this hospital with solid information and relevant issues, we can talk again. CA

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Gorilla in the Corner said...

Okay, I put the post back up and this is as far as I have reviewed so far. Until I have time to review the rest, this is all that I will post.

I still have comment moderation on until this all sorts out. Feel free to comment all that you like, it just may take a little bit to get approved.

Enjoy!

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