Re: Bored at the Doctor
The problem with scheduling is that you can't account for the emergencies that come up. If docs are late for the first appt, it's usually because they were doing rounds at the hospital and something urgent came along. Same for scheduling patients for visits. There are always those urgent cases (aka sick crying babies or whatever) that end up being crammed in because you don't want to turn away someone who is suffering, even though you hate inconveniencing those who scheduled in advance but whose medical needs aren't as urgent. When possible, I know our office would try to cancel appts if we knew the doc wasn't going to make it for a lengthy time. But sometimes, in the heat of treating people, you lose track of time altogether. It happens. I know that docs would call our office, tell us they'd be here late and give us an estimated time they could be there, but usually their actual arrival time was later than whatever time they gave us.
I agree that the wisest thing to do was what someone else suggested--call before you come in to see if things are running on time. And if they aren't--you can either delay coming in or make sure you bring things to do to occupy your time while you wait.
Another issue affecting timeliness of appts and getting seen is patients themselves. Many times they schedule an appt but the show up late. Then you try to juggle patients by moving up those who are already there, but it still throws a wrench in the schedule.
Originally posted by StinkyTheGrump
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I agree that the wisest thing to do was what someone else suggested--call before you come in to see if things are running on time. And if they aren't--you can either delay coming in or make sure you bring things to do to occupy your time while you wait.
Another issue affecting timeliness of appts and getting seen is patients themselves. Many times they schedule an appt but the show up late. Then you try to juggle patients by moving up those who are already there, but it still throws a wrench in the schedule.
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