It's not appropriate for it to come at the expense of anyone else's medical care, but once medical need is considered, then financial need must come next.
Your question specifically asks about non-clinical need. The NYU story got into very dicey territory since it was in the ED. It's hard to claim that if your prioritizing labs, imaging, etc that you are definitely not doing it at the expense of clinical care. But if someone is going to pay for a nicer room, with a view, on a top floor, etc, why not? If it's someone that needs particular security arrangements, seems appropriate.
Further, I'm going to guess some of the same people that say VIPs shouldn't get special treatment would be more than willing to use their employee status to jump the line if they received a bad diagnosis.
Bob - 1 year ago
The donor says "I'm ;leaving he hospital money in my will" You better be darn sure that system will do everything in it's power to make that happen, either way.
It's not appropriate for it to come at the expense of anyone else's medical care, but once medical need is considered, then financial need must come next.
Your question specifically asks about non-clinical need. The NYU story got into very dicey territory since it was in the ED. It's hard to claim that if your prioritizing labs, imaging, etc that you are definitely not doing it at the expense of clinical care. But if someone is going to pay for a nicer room, with a view, on a top floor, etc, why not? If it's someone that needs particular security arrangements, seems appropriate.
Further, I'm going to guess some of the same people that say VIPs shouldn't get special treatment would be more than willing to use their employee status to jump the line if they received a bad diagnosis.
The donor says "I'm ;leaving he hospital money in my will" You better be darn sure that system will do everything in it's power to make that happen, either way.
We know that they all do.