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Originally Posted by Halibut
And yet many of them will charge us if we're late or miss an appointment! So galling.
I had the first 8 am appointment with Dr. Chin recently and when I arrived and signed in, saw that there were two other patients with 8 am appointments for Chin. If she wonders why I was crabby and ill-tempered when I finally got to see her at 8:50, she should look examine her own conscience.
I had an appointment yesterday where I was getting ready to walk out after 69 minutes sitting in the exam room, but the stupid guy is only here once a week and I'd already waited 5 weeks for that appointment. During which he didn't listen and scolded me for taking a certain medication. Hey! I DIDN'T WRITE THE PRESCRIPTIONS MYSELF, you know. Thank the bozo before you.
And get this -- is it a thing now for a dr. to ask a question, then while I'm answering, take out his cell phone and start texting with someone? WHILE I'M TALKING. No apology, no explanation, just ignoring me. It's bad enough that half of them sit with their backs to you while they enter info into the computer. The last guy who did that (eye dr), I turned my back to him when I answered.
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Not to excuse the wait times at all, but the dr. might have been entering data to your electronic health record on the computer. Many hospitals and dr. offices are using iPads to enter all orders, notes, etc, as mandated by the government push for electronic medical records, which is
another cause of delays and major frustration by office and hospital staffs.
Anyone who's ever tried to type on an iPad/smartphone, or tried dictating with Siri should be able to realize how frustrating, time wasting, and inaccurate that can be! Drs. and nurses are
quitting because of these train wrecks forced onto them for billing Medicare and insurance.