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Este art\u00edculo fue escrito por Scott Miller y publicado originalmente en Vail Daily el 27 de enero de 2016. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

AVON \u2014 El Vail Valley Medical Center ha sido renovado y reestructurado en varias ocasiones a lo largo de sus 50 a\u00f1os de historia. Ahora han comenzado las obras de la mayor ampliaci\u00f3n hasta la fecha: un proyecto de $200 millones de d\u00f3lares, con una duraci\u00f3n de cuatro a\u00f1os, en el campus principal del hospital en Vail.<\/p>\n\n\n

La directora ejecutiva del Vail Valley Medical Center, Doris Kirchner, organiza cada a\u00f1o varias presentaciones sobre el estado del centro m\u00e9dico. La versi\u00f3n de este a\u00f1o cubre mucho terreno.<\/p>\n\n\n

En la presentaci\u00f3n del 21 de enero en Avon, Kirchner expuso el plan de expansi\u00f3n del hospital junto con una serie de datos y cifras sobre el hospital, que van desde el n\u00famero de empleados \u2014casi 900\u2014 hasta la tasa de infecciones quir\u00fargicas del centro m\u00e9dico. Por cierto, esa tasa es de aproximadamente 0.25 por ciento, muy por debajo del promedio nacional del 2 por ciento.<\/p>\n\n\n

En una entrevista posterior a la presentaci\u00f3n, Kirchner dijo que las infecciones postoperatorias pueden \u201ccambiar la vida\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Reducir las infecciones requiere una serie de t\u00e1cticas, desde antibi\u00f3ticos intravenosos antes de la cirug\u00eda hasta un programa de lavado de manos que exige que las enfermeras, los m\u00e9dicos y otro personal se laven las manos al entrar y salir de la habitaci\u00f3n de un paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n

Kirchner tambi\u00e9n convers\u00f3 sobre el trabajo del centro m\u00e9dico en medicina ortop\u00e9dica, incluyendo la labor de investigaci\u00f3n realizada en el Steadman Philippon Research Institute. Dicho instituto, ubicado en los ahora laber\u00ednticos niveles inferiores del hospital, trabaja en todo, desde t\u00e9cnicas quir\u00fargicas hasta el uso de c\u00e9lulas madre de la propia sangre y tejido del paciente para estimular una curaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida.<\/p>\n\n\n

El objetivo que Kirchner dijo es convertir el centro m\u00e9dico \u201cen el hospital de monta\u00f1a m\u00e1s avanzado del mundo\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

DE D\u00d3NDE VIENE EL DINERO<\/p>\n\n\n

Mantener el centro m\u00e9dico en marcha es una tarea costosa. La ampliaci\u00f3n actual \u2014que incluye agregar un cuarto piso al ala oeste, modernizar las instalaciones quir\u00fargicas y reubicar y ampliar el servicio de urgencias del hospital\u2014 se est\u00e1 financiando de varias maneras. La mayor parte \u2014$100 millones\u2014 proviene de los bonos que emiti\u00f3 el centro m\u00e9dico. Estos se pagar\u00e1n con los ingresos. Los ingresos y las reservas cubrir\u00e1n otra parte, y el centro m\u00e9dico est\u00e1 a punto de iniciar una campa\u00f1a de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos. Kirchner se\u00f1al\u00f3 que dicha campa\u00f1a \u2014que, una vez m\u00e1s, a\u00fan no se ha lanzado por completo\u2014 ya ha recibido compromisos de donaci\u00f3n por un total de $24 millones.<\/p>\n\n\n

Durante una sesi\u00f3n de preguntas y respuestas, Peter Buckley, residente de Avon, le pregunt\u00f3 a Kirchner sobre el \u00faltimo estado de cuentas fiscal del centro m\u00e9dico disponible al p\u00fablico \u2014del a\u00f1o 2013\u2014, que mostraba $164 millones en efectivo y equivalentes de efectivo. Buckley pregunt\u00f3 por qu\u00e9 esa cifra era tan alta.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cTenemos la responsabilidad de ahorrar para el futuro\u201d, dijo Kirchner, citando los continuos recortes en los reembolsos de seguros y, por supuesto, la necesidad de renovar una instalaci\u00f3n que en algunos lugares tiene 50 a\u00f1os de antig\u00fcedad.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cNo podemos pedir prestado cada d\u00f3lar (de los costos de expansi\u00f3n)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

Kirchner se\u00f1al\u00f3 que el centro m\u00e9dico en 2008 solo contaba con efectivo suficiente para cubrir las operaciones durante 30 d\u00edas. La mejora de los sistemas de facturaci\u00f3n y cobro de la instalaci\u00f3n ayud\u00f3 a reconstruir esas reservas, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u00bfAtenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica m\u00e1s econ\u00f3mica en Denver?<\/p>\n\n\n

Al responder a otra pregunta de Buckley sobre algunas aseguradoras \u2014mencion\u00f3 a Kaiser Permanente y al programa de seguros del condado de Eagle\u2014 que pagan los gastos de los pacientes para que reciban atenci\u00f3n m\u00e1s econ\u00f3mica en Denver o en otros lugares, Kirchner dijo que ese tipo de atenci\u00f3n tal vez no sea un beneficio real para el paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n

Kirchner dijo en conversaciones con ejecutivos de Kaiser que pregunt\u00f3 c\u00f3mo esa empresa manejar\u00eda a una familia con un hijo enfermo que termina en Denver y c\u00f3mo eso afecta los horarios de trabajo y la vida familiar, especialmente si hay otros hijos en la familia.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cNo ten\u00edan una respuesta\u201d, dijo ella.<\/p>\n\n\n

El centro m\u00e9dico no solo atiende a los locales. Respondiendo a una pregunta de otro miembro de la audiencia, Kirchner dijo que el 40 por ciento de los pacientes del hospital viven fuera del valle.<\/p>\n\n\n

Al finalizar la sesi\u00f3n del almuerzo, la miembro de la audiencia Virginia Payson dijo que hab\u00eda aprendido mucho, pero a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que deseaba que hubiera habido m\u00e1s p\u00fablico presente.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cNo hab\u00eda mucha gente que no estuviera asociada con el hospital\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n

El editor de negocios de Vail Daily, Scott Miller, puede ser contactado al 970-748-2930, smiller@vaildaily.com o en @scottnmiller.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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