Affiliations are important now days
Healthcare is now 20% of our economy. Unless you have what they now call a "Cadillac" insurance policy, your insurance company is going to tell you what Doctor you can see and which one you cannot. Nearly all doctors ( good, bad and average) are affiliated with a hospital, if not they are required by law to let you know that. All decent hospitals are affiliated ( unless private). You move up the ladder of affiliation, depending upon the hospitals equipment and certifications, and if all goes well you "land" at a hospital that hopefully cures you.
When my son was 7 years old, my nurse/wife and self misdiagnosed my son as having a cold and/or flu. When his temp hit 101 we took him to Lakes region ER. Turns out that that one of his pocks ( from chicken pocks four weeks earlier) had become infected from him scratching. He was in ICU for five days and a regular room for three. WE BELIEVE, that they saved his life. The pedi doctor was from Laconia Clinic.
my 2 cents
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