Lost Hospital Series

“A good many thoroughly informed men and women have a feeling that every hospital in the land should be architecturally as good as modern science can make it, and that the equipment should include all that medical science can call for in the diagnosis and treatment of disease; that hospitals which cannot have all these advantages should close their doors, and the work which they are attempting to do should be turned over to hospitals that are properly built and well equipped.” The Small Community Hospital, by John Allan Hornsby, M.D. (1917)

In addition to understanding the health care system around you, there are many opportunities to learn from past health care practices, especially as we create the roadmap to where our system stands in modern times. Not So Much Foundation’s new series highlights some of the health care institutions of yesterday as we head toward the future.

Health care concerns in the United States are not new. The nation’s response today, however, is somewhat historical. The success or failure of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may one day hinge on how well the general public understands its access, and entitlement, to health care. But even as health care reform continues to unfold over the next several years, information and education will always be an important and effective tool in ensuring the survival of our nation’s health care delivery system.

Read more at Lost Hospital today. A map of the Lost Hospitals across the nation is also available here.