And now something that has vexed me for a while now:
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If you have traveled north or south on I-15 lately, you have undoubtedly seen these billboards. Through the magic of modern technology, these billboards are able to tell you precisely how long the wait is at the specified Emergency Room.
Although impressive, I wonder how this is valuable to anyone. I have never been on the freeway and thought to myself "I'm bored. Where should I go at this very minute? Hey, the emergency room wait is only 12 minutes! Let's stop by."
I think of situations that require an emergency room as ...well, emergencies. When you have half a tank of gas you may look around for the best price per gallon and then make your decision accordingly. When you are on zero miles to empty, you have a gas emergency. In this you situation, you head for the nearest gas station, regardless of the price, and pray that it is downhill. Accordingly, if I fall out of a tree and break my arm I'm not inclined to "shop around" for the ER with the shortest wait time.
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"What? Your water broke? Sure the ER here in Orem is right here, but look at the wait! There is an ER up in north Ogden where the current wait time is only five minutes."
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I don't know if my kid got sick I think I'd have the Ambulance drive the extra twenty minutes away from Davis Hospital to Primary Childrens...but that's different. What they SHOULD do is advertise who has the best T.V. shows. You only see the doctor for a very expensive second anyway, but how long do you spend trying to pick a channel on those mini-T.V.'s in the rooms? Seriously.
The logical thing to do would be to advertise something about who has the best care. However, if you're going for something that will really sell, they need to look at it more from a hotel standpoint. "Satellite, internet, and free hot breakfast!"
I have seen this sign - it probably never says 1 hr wait time -
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