Re: Need advice re incident in doctor's office as patient


"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill.2niaql@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ed Chait Wrote:
"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I always call the office 30-60 minutes before my appointment
(depending on how far I have to travel) to ask if the doctor is
running "on time." They are usually pretty honest, and it has
allowed
me to arrive later than my scheduled appointment and not waste my
time
sitting there.

Margie


Anytime that I have to wait in a waiting room is time that I consider a
wonderful opportunity to do some reading. I always take something with
me
that I enjoy reading. Sometimes I will take my laptop and catch up on
something else that needs to be done.

I don't see these things as "wasted time" any longer. I see them as an
opportunity to enjoy some reading or be productive in some other way.

ed
My main issue with this kind of thing is that it screams loud and
clear that they do not consider your time important and they are doing
you the huge favor of seeing you. You can bet if the doctor was made
to wait in his lawyer's office in the same manner, he would be fit to
be tied. It's one thing if you called that morning and had an
emergency. In that case, I can fully understand having to deal with it
on their schedule, but otherwise they need to take pains to be sure
people are seen in a timely manner. A few minutes is understandable.
Hours waiting - not.


--
RaeMorrill


Depends on the specialty. In dermatology I agree, but our cardiology
schedule isn't worth the paper it's written on. Our doc does his best, but
that's just the nature of some specialties.

Not only do our patients have to wait significant amounts of time sometimes,
but quite often they get their appointments rescheduled, sometimes more than
once, and sometimes after they've been waiting for an hour or two.

*shrug*

ed


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