Re: VBAC question
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Thu May 17 12:43:44 2007
Ef,
Each Hospital makes a lot of determinations. e.g. what is "Immeiately
available"
I have attendied somany of those meetings and chaired enough more that it
makes me ill just to remember it all.
Dan
On 5/17/07, Efrain Ramirez <eramirezt@coqui.net> wrote:
>
> Wrong - the rules are already written - must be immediately available..
> period -
> Ef
>
> My advice is not to do VBAC's .. sad but true..
>
> At Wed, 16 May 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
> >
> >Usually, these rules are established in the Departmental Staff meetings.
> If
> >so they can be revised and amended at the will of the Department staff.
> >Ask to see this in writing and find out where it came from.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >On 5/16/07, Henry Gregor <henrygregor@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Another example of physician friendly, supportive hospital management?
> >>
> >> H
> >>
> >> *Lynn Montgomery <apgar10@thebirthcentermt.com>* wrote:
> >>
> >> Listers,
> >> I have a question for you. Our new clinic is approximately 6 blocks
> from
> >c
> >> provider "off campus". However, prior to moving into our new clinic,
> my
> >s a
> >> large parking lot from the hospital – a situation shared by many other
> >mes
> >et
> >> from the new office equaled the time from my old office "on campus" –
> >> sometimes even quicker.
> >>
> >> Last week our practice got called by the medical director of obstetrics
> >in
> >> labor at the hospital, the obstetric provider must be "on campus", thus
> >n
> >> labor – we currently do more deliveries than any of the other groups in
> >> town. I have several points of contention here:
> >>
> >> -First, I rather doubt that any insurance carrier came to our facility,
> >on
> >> campus". I could see the policy adopting a policy similar to ACOG of
> >m
> >e
> >> wording.
> >>
> >o
> >cks
> >..
> >>
> >> -It would seem more appropriate in this circumstance for the hospital
> to
> >on.
> >>
> >> Comments please.
> >> Lynn
> >>
> >> Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.
> >> Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
> >> The Birth Center/Rocky Mountain Women's Health
> >> 1211 S. Reserve St.
> >> Missoula, Montana, 59801
> >> 406-549-0978
> >> fax 406-549-0987
> >> e-mail: apgar10@thebirthcentermt.com
> >>
> >/features/mail/index.php>wherever
> >> you're surfing.
> >>
> >--
> >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
> >Professor Emeritus
> >Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> >Indiana U. School of Medicine
> >
> >--
> >R. Daniel Braun
> >
> >..
> > Hippocrates
> >
>
> --
> " The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance,
> it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian
>
--
R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana U. School of Medicine
--
R. Daniel Braun
"The way to health is an aromatic bath and scented massage everyday"..
Hippocrates
