This should have been such a straightforward case too.

Mr. Hylton's condition deteriorated in the ICU, and despite orders, there are no CIWA assessments, no intake/output monitoring, and no MD assessments for pain and/or change in mental status despite the RN's non-contemporaneous note indicating mental status change in a patient diagnosed with alcohol withdrawal and a history of alcohol withdrawal seizures for which he had "previously been given Keppra."

Hylton, who was admitted around 11 a.m., became unresponsive early the next morning around 4:30 a.m., the complaint says.

"Mr. Hylton slid down in bed, his eyes rolled back and he … exhibited seizure-like activity, vomited, became bradycardic and code was called," the complaint alleges. "He was intubated, but he could not be resuscitated, and he was pronounced dead."

What the fuck were they even trying to do? Some kind of tough love/cold turkey approach? Honestly wouldn't be surprised bc I've heard a lot of ignorant pieces of shit suggest that should be standard protocol for opiate withdrawal.

Aside from that being intentionally and unnecessarily cruel, there's this tricky thing about alcohol withdrawal vs withdrawal from other "more serious" substances, where you can literally fucking die. That's exactly what happened.

I shudder to think about my surgeon having to deal with a 400ms ping to the fucking robot cutting me open and how badly that could go...

I think now as things advance with AI and the US government is completely corrupt/dysfunctional some company is going to make a med bed with an array of sensors and AI.

One of the oligarchs will bless us with this technology and they will get a shit ton of money from the government, so long as the big guy gets his cut.

Why would a hospital pay a US physician 200K a year when they can get a doctor from Pakistan to do the same work for 50K a year?

Liability to the hospital if a remote doctor fucks up? Just for starters.

It's also very difficult to manage remote workers. As a result, that $50k Pakistani doctor needs another $50k Pakistani contract manager and a Pakistani HR manager and a nurse who can communicate fluently with both patient and doctor and software that an IT firm needs to maintain and a lawyer to sort out all the messy details of licensing and practice.

At the end of the day, it isn't nearly the cost savings you're promised.

Every outsourcing gambit plays out this way. Which makes it more of a negotiating ploy against local workers. Threatening to outsource is far more profitable than actual outsourcing.