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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Internet access was charged by the minute, and the phone charges (both incoming and outgoing) were horrendous.
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Just a couple of things I should add for clarity.
1. Internet access was unmetered
2. Most insurance policies cover X amount of that. If you are in hospital for a year with no insurance, the max you paid for it is $100. Most people would pay a max of $10 (10%). Some would pay $0.
3. It also had Java games built in, but allowed Flash games too. So pretty much worth the $10/day really.
4. Incoming phone charges were free. Dunno how much the outgoging ones are but he was allowed to use his mobile which was unlimited free usage (yes, really).
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
iirc, their equipment and install costs were astronomical (imagine supplying phone/tv/ ?internet to every nhs bed!  ) but that just illustrates what a cr*p idea it was in the first place--installing something that is going to have to be charged at rip-off prices in order to just break even... |
I'm not sure every US hospital has it, but I think they did it with new hospitals instead of doing ti retroactively.
Of course, since the UK government has an official policy of never building another hospital, nor extending them, it would mean we'd never see them here.
In case anyone's interested, its called PatientStation by Pyxis. Here's a
press release about it