Secondcurve, I understand. We researched all of the then-current Huggins affiliated primary care physicians. Some were not taking new patients at the time. For others, something in their professional qualifications or the way they managed their practice got them dropped from our list. Many were eliminated based on criteria that would have no direct bearing on the doctor's ability to provide sound medical care but were nonetheless important for us (e.g., how soon is this doctor likely to retire). We'll probably do a review early next year to see what might have changed.
My experiences at Huggins have almost exclusively involved specialists, but there is much more to assessing a hospital beyond the medical professionals. A number of years ago, our son spent five weeks in rehab at Boston Medical Center. The doctors and therapists were almost all first rate but the hospital was an utter disaster. At the end of the first week, I had five pages of bullet items on errors, lapses, and other inexcusable foolishness. Thus far, we've been very impressed by Huggins.
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