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Useless referrals the rule at Maui Memorial

All emergency department patients at the “Kaiser” Maui Memorial emergency department should be warned. If they are not Kaiser patients they should question the attending physician carefully about any referral. They will preferentially refer you to a Kaiser physician or specialist, even if you are not a Kaiser patient. This can make it virtually impossible to make an appointment.

Often, the most important thing the emergency department physician does is the follow-up referral, and now it seems the majority can’t get one that’s useful.

They should be ashamed.

Theo. M. Wender

Haiku

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