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Subject:Re: use of he/she/they From:David Dvorkin <dvorkin -at- BOLIX -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:41:37 -0600
Barclay Blanchard wrote:
>What's the difference between patients and members?
>
>A patient is anyone who receives medical treatment from your enterprise.
>
>A member is someone who's part of a managed care plan.
>
>Someone could be a member and not be a patient if her dependents,
>for instance, are patients.
>
>Someone could be a patient and not a member if he is not insured or
>if he is self insured under an indemnity plan.
>
>It's likely that most of your patients are eligible for membership
>in some group care plan.
Oo, that's a good one, Barclay. I rather like the way you did it.
David Dvorkin
Qualix Group
Boulder Development Ctr. mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com
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