“…… So according to statistics, the number of outpatient visits yesterday has exceeded 100. ”

Holding the form in his hand, Thomas's excitement overflowed, and his face flushed as if he had drunk.

In just two weeks since Heinz General Hospital published the news that the drugs were half priced, the number of outpatient visits exceeded 100, which was definitely a huge encouragement for Thomas, especially since there were some well-dressed middle-class people, which made him even more happy.

So early this morning, he gave John the good news.

It's a pity that Thomas was very excited, but John in front of him smiled, and said with some interest: "Okay, it's good to break through a hundred people, it means that the influence of our hospital is greater......"

As a traverser, John certainly didn't have much feeling for a hundred people.

In his last life, John worked in a tertiary hospital, and it was the norm for thousands of outpatient visits per day, and it was not for nothing that there were more than 10,000 outpatient clinics in China. This guy had no idea what it was like to have more than 100 outpatient visits in New York hospitals in 1888!

The attraction of half-price medicine is so great!

Although he was a little puzzled by John's attitude, Thomas, who was excited at this time, didn't think much about it, and soon went to work on his own. At least one thing John guessed correctly, since Mr. Crawford's successful surgery and discharge, the publication of Thomas's paper, and the publicity of Columbia College surgeons, more patients have come to Heinz General Hospital for appendectomy, almost every week.

The high cost of surgery cannot resist people's fear of death.

In a huge city with hundreds of thousands of people, there are cases of acute appendicitis every day, and if you add some other ordinary surgeries, the operating room of Heinz General Hospital will not always be idle......

"Hoo ......"

Wait for Thomas to close the door. John couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It is naturally a good thing that the situation in the hospital has improved, but for our dean, he now feels a little embarrassed - there are still too few patients, and he is not needed for ordinary surgical operations, and he is a little idle for a while.

But for John, he was not in a hurry.

If he wanted to. But he can throw out a research result in a month, so that his reputation will skyrocket in an instant, but when he is not on the right track in the hospital, John does not plan to do such a thing. He understands very well what the foundation of the development of clinical medicine is, without enough outpatient volume and medical record accumulation, all theories are just empty buildings after all.

"Perhaps, you can do the basics first?"

After scratching his head and pondering for a moment, John's thoughts quickly drifted away......

"Gotcha! Get! ”

At this moment, there was another knock on the door of the dean's office. John's brows couldn't help but frown, and he said in a deep voice, "Please come in!" ”

"Squeak."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and a man in his forties walked in: "Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar. ”

"Good morning, George."

After seeing the visitor, John was a little surprised, and greeted with a smile: "Is there anything important about coming to me so early?" ”

Of course, John is familiar with the person who came, because he is George, the treasurer of Heinz General Hospital? Smith, in charge of all the finances. It can be said that in the whole hospital. Only three people signed to get money out of him, one was John himself. The other two are Thomas and Ehrlich. The only difference is that Thomas and Ehrlich can only make money under five hundred dollars, while John has no limit.

"There's something I want to talk to you about."

George in front of John? Smith didn't hold back either, nodding in reply.

"Well, let's sit down first."

John waved his hand directly. Motioned for the other party to sit down first. This George? Smith is also of German descent, and was personally introduced by the old man, and he deliberately told John that he was very reliable, so John usually trusts the other party.

After sitting down George? Smith was not polite, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Huntelaar." I'm here to talk to you about the hospital's case center! I don't really understand that it is really necessary to invest so much money in the construction of a dispensable medical record center. Sir, if you add in the expense slip you signed yesterday, you've put more than $1,000 into it in the last month......"

Speaking of which, George? Smith's attitude was very serious.

In the opinion of the financial director, who does not know much, the medical record center is nothing more than a place to store patients' medical records, and it does not really help the operation of the hospital. But look at the investment that John has put into the case center since the hospital opened: more than 100 square meters of rooms, two full-time case managers, specially customized filing cabinets, file bags, and specially designed and uniformly printed medical records......

And just yesterday morning, the dean signed off on the purchase of a set of equipment for the long-term preservation of the medical records center, which cost as much as 400 dollars!

What do you think, George? Smith was also a little puzzled.

"Something about the Records Center?"

After listening to the financial director's complaint about the medical record center, John's brow couldn't help but raise slightly.

The investment in the medical record center is indeed relatively large, after all, the daily outpatient volume of Heinz General Hospital has just exceeded 100 people, and the number of inpatients is even smaller.

But......

In this era, it is difficult for anyone to truly understand what a well-established medical record center means to the hospital, and it is difficult to understand what those medical records that are recorded in detail and properly preserved will mean to future doctors!

After all, modern medicine is based on clinical practice.

The step-by-step understanding of diseases, the step-by-step improvement of diagnosis and treatment plans, and even many groundbreaking medical revolutions are all summarized from countless patients, and the basis of all this is the well-kept medical records. Later, the medical records room of the Union Hospital was only able to enjoy a national reputation, because they kept hundreds of years of medical records, which is really a wealth that cannot be measured by money!

So from the day the hospital opened, John set these rules.

He designed a new medical record for the hospital, which was printed at a great expense for the doctors. On the one hand, it can reduce their workload, and on the other hand, it is also to ensure the standardization of medical records and facilitate future reference. And in order to be able to preserve these case data, John even did not hesitate to invest money to ensure their safety. In Smith's opinion, it is undoubtedly a very crazy move!

What's the point of investing in a cost-effective one at all?

For a while, John couldn't explain this to the other party, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "George, about the matter of the Records Center, I think you will understand the meaning of these investments in the future." But for now, I hope you'll do what I ask, okay? ”

"This ......"

A slight frown on his brows, George? Smith was also a little helpless in his heart.

But before he could say anything more, John continued to laugh and said, "As for the expenses of the medical record center, it is indeed a bit too much, so let's do it, and at the end of the month, I will add an extra thousand dollars to the hospital account, which will be regarded as a special expenditure......"

……

Today's chapter is really a bit confusing.

Alas, I couldn't touch my computer for two days this week, and two days on the train, and the update will be a great test for me! (To be continued......)