What's going on, Albuquerque?

Morning Fix: 10-11-12

Lovelace and ABQ Health Partners contract negotiations break down.
Your own personal ticket booth -HoldMyTicket launches mobile app.
Construction up 71%in metro area.
Corrales residents tired of this crap...which is the perfect story to lead into the next one...
This is the participation part of the Morning Fix. Please give me your best headline for this story. A gas leak at Garcia's Kitchen...oh the possibilities! Johnny Mango, where are you?!

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Comment by the hand model on October 11, 2012 at 7:58am: "Students Deal with Gas Pain."

Comment by PJH on October 11, 2012 at 9:23am: Gassy smell causes hundreds to flee.

Comment by Izquierdo on October 11, 2012 at 10:06am: Gas Blast Empties Eatery

(Why don't you start a feature, Adelita, asking for daily headlines from local and statewide papers, a la Jay Leno. There are plenty.)

Comment by Izquierdo on October 11, 2012 at 10:20am: Ejemplo: AQ Journal this morning, page 1:

College Officials Make Case for Bonds (a problem with mildew, do you suppose?)

Comment by contrastlife on October 11, 2012 at 5:04pm: Officials deal with leaky gas from Garcia's.

Comment by Kenny on October 12, 2012 at 9:43pm: Lovelace is a health insurance provider as well as the owner of several hospitals in the area. That has always struck me as a conflict of interest. Now, they are trying to hold onto the old way of providing medical care (read expensive) and are having a hard time moving forward to new and less expensive ways of providing care. I suspect Lovelace will get left behind if they can't figure out how to move forward.

Comment by Izquierdo on October 14, 2012 at 1:14pm: Agreed, Kenny, based on personal experience.

Comment by Big Stamen on October 14, 2012 at 5:49pm: Kenny: Do you have some insider information?

Comment by Kenny on October 14, 2012 at 6:10pm: No, no insider info from me. I've been a Lovelace customer for many years but that's not why I posted that comment. It just seems funny to me that an insurance company would also be a medical provider. I know it's common but it still seems funny to me. Kind of like if Monsanto owned all the Smith's and Albertson's.

There's no argument that the health care horizon will be going through some pretty disruptive changes in the next few years. Our current system is extremely inefficient. We're going to be seeing more Nurse Practitioners and fewer Doctors when we go in for routine visits. Some entities are blazing the trail in that direction while others are having difficulty accepting it. I see Lovelace as being reluctant to change because they own all those big expensive hospitals. They don't want to lose all those profits and I can't really blame them for that. However, They'll have to find some way to stay competitive as the healthcare landscape changes.

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