Comments on: Genius bars for everything http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/ Get Satisfaction's blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Dshen http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-381 Dshen Thu, 03 May 2007 01:44:27 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-381 I love this post! I was just at Stanford Hospital and had the same experience. The health care industry is in need of huge change, becaues it, quite frankly, sucks on a variety of levels. I dread going to the hospital because you never know when they will see you. It could take an hour, it could take 24 hours. It's just more motivation for me to keep training and exercising just simply to avoid the frustration of going to the hospital. A Genius Bar-esque hospital would be welcome indeed... I love this post! I was just at Stanford Hospital and had the same experience. The health care industry is in need of huge change, becaues it, quite frankly, sucks on a variety of levels. I dread going to the hospital because you never know when they will see you. It could take an hour, it could take 24 hours. It’s just more motivation for me to keep training and exercising just simply to avoid the frustration of going to the hospital. A Genius Bar-esque hospital would be welcome indeed…

]]> By: Paul Souders http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-391 Paul Souders Thu, 03 May 2007 23:15:40 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-391 Last fall my wife turned her ankle jogging, and we feared it was broken. We went to the emergency room at the local hospital where we saw a doctor within 20 minutes at a Genius Bar-like counter. Within another 20 minutes we had a (digital) X-Ray confirming no breakage, a movement-restricting bandage, and mild pain medication. The only paperwork we filed was a slip of paper with our name and address. The entire affair cost about $30 (USD) and they even let us bring the X-Ray transparency printout home. Oh yeah, this was at the Zhongshan public assistance hospital in Xiamen, China. U.S. healthcare -- the most expensive in the world -- would literally shame people in a developing country. Last fall my wife turned her ankle jogging, and we feared it was broken. We went to the emergency room at the local hospital where we saw a doctor within 20 minutes at a Genius Bar-like counter. Within another 20 minutes we had a (digital) X-Ray confirming no breakage, a movement-restricting bandage, and mild pain medication. The only paperwork we filed was a slip of paper with our name and address. The entire affair cost about $30 (USD) and they even let us bring the X-Ray transparency printout home.

Oh yeah, this was at the Zhongshan public assistance hospital in Xiamen, China.

U.S. healthcare — the most expensive in the world — would literally shame people in a developing country.

]]> By: Thor http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-392 Thor Thu, 03 May 2007 23:28:52 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-392 Excellent story, Paul. I keep hearing anecdotes of other countries' health care systems that mirror this. I'm not sure what it will take to make the leap to a saner approach here at home. I have to believe that it won't be this bad forever. Excellent story, Paul. I keep hearing anecdotes of other countries’ health care systems that mirror this. I’m not sure what it will take to make the leap to a saner approach here at home. I have to believe that it won’t be this bad forever.

]]> By: David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-482 David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA Sun, 20 May 2007 00:52:42 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2007/05/02/genius-bars-for-everything/#comment-482 <strong>NRA Show Danny Meyer of Union Square Cafe NYC on Enlightened Hospitality</strong> During my time in the New York City area, few things outside the financial services industry affected me more than the restuarants. Of those, few bring back fonder memories than my time in NYC than the Union Square Cafe and the restuarants that followe... NRA Show Danny Meyer of Union Square Cafe NYC on Enlightened Hospitality

During my time in the New York City area, few things outside the financial services industry affected me more than the restuarants. Of those, few bring back fonder memories than my time in NYC than the Union Square Cafe and the restuarants that followe…

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