f-cking doctor's office!!!

[KillahBee]

so I went to go see a sports specialist for my shoulder today. I was all psyched that maybe this doctor would cure me. anywho, appointment was at 3:00, had to be downtown for a meeting at 4:45. showed up at 2:30 just so I could maybe get in on time. after waiting in the main waiting room til 3:30, just stewing, my name finally gets called and the fat ass nurse takes me to......the NEXT waiting room!! I waited and boiled for about 8 more minutes until I lost it, called the doctor a scumbag and broke the door on the way out (like a little child).

I don't care if it is socially acceptable- it is ridiculous. In what other industry is it common practice to make customers wait an hour EVERY TIME they make an APPOINTMENT?!!!! If I ever did that in my business I sure as shit wouldn't have many clients. Yet people just fucking take it because we have no fucking choice.

 

[JuicePimp]

That's because we are too dumb to handle our own health care or any other aspect of our lives, we need the government to handle it for us.

 

[gonelifting]

I could`nt give you karma but agree with you 100%. I hate shit like that "Socially acceptable" stuff that are F`cked up!

 

[KillahBee]

I could`nt give you karma but agree with you 100%. I hate shit like that "Socially acceptable" stuff that are F`cked up!

 

[KillahBee]

I could`nt give you karma but agree with you 100%. I hate shit like that "Socially acceptable" stuff that are F`cked up!

wouldn't it be great if we could put together a massive boycott of these assholes and force them to keep appointments. they have us by the balls and we can't do anything about it. yet, the nurses look at me like I am an asshole when I complain.

 

[JohnnyMolson]

Ummm...think about that for a minute. People who really need a doctor aren't gonna boycott...

 

[gonelifting]

wouldn't it be great if we could put together a massive boycott of these assholes and force them to keep appointments. they have us by the balls and we can't do anything about it. yet, the nurses look at me like I am an asshole when I complain.

Yeah If they`re 15 minutes late... Walk out. lol EVERYBODY does that, and you`ll get what you want.


Reminds me of if we ALL went between 40 mph and 55mph on the highways. With at least 5 car lengths in between each car. lol How freaking packed the roads would be. The cops would be begging us to speed up.

 

[KillahBee]

Ummm...think about that for a minute. People who really need a doctor aren't gonna boycott...

hence the reason my idealistic boycott shall never be.

 

[JohnnyMolson]

It's not entirely the doctor's fault. Often, it's his or her staff booking too many appointments in a day. Plus, there is a shortage of doctors, so really...you should be glad just to see the doc at all. Most of them are overworked to all hell, but people aren't at all sympathetic because they have a narrow-minded view of the profession (ie "For that kinda money, I'd work 16 hour days and be happy about it")

 

[KillahBee]

It's not entirely the doctor's fault. Often, it's his or her staff booking too many appointments in a day. Plus, there is a shortage of doctors, so really...you should be glad just to see the doc at all. Most of them are overworked to all hell, but people aren't at all sympathetic because they have a narrow-minded view of the profession (ie "For that kinda money, I'd work 16 hour days and be happy about it")

It cannot be passed off to the staff because it is the doctor's staff. Management is responsible for the people they are managing.

 

[JohnnyMolson]

Easier said than done....regular secretaries are a dime a dozen and can be replaced in a flash if you're unhappy with their performance and want fire them. Medical secretaries, due to the amound of terminoligy involved, are extremely difficult to staff.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

had an ultra long wait for a doc once that pissed me off. a week after the appointment, a questionairre shows up in the mail with the doc's name, the clinic, and my name on it. there were questions about the level of care, blah blah blah. in the comments area, i wrote everything about my wait and what the doctor was apparently doing while i was waiting for him (talking to a computer salesman about his PERSONAL computer and software!!! ). 2 weeks later i had a return appointment. doc was in the exam room 2 minutes after i was placed in there, and i could tell from the way he was acting he was pissed as all hell about my answers on the questionaire, had probably gotten his ass chewed out, and couldn't do a damn thing about it. the address on the envelope the questionaire came with sent it to the hospital's admin office, not the doctor

 

[PIGEON-RAT]

that's why i'm always late when i go to the doctor's

i'm extremely punctual with my lateness. i only get places exactly when i need to be there.

 

[danielson]

there really is no point going arly to the docs....but to be fair seeing some of the peole they have to deal with i can understand them being late running

 

[ChefWide]

Thats crap. I have never, EVER waited here for a doctor like I wait in the states, NEVER. Its absurd and more so because the entire situation is created by OVER booking the docs time as a matter of course, so that even if 10% of the patients dont show up, the day is filled to its money making capacity. Pack em in, ship em out.

(I have a family member that was an administrator for a small doctors hospital in Ct., and that is exactly how it works.)

 

[fistfullofsteel]

What you don't like waiting for more than an hour and then when you do get to see the doctor, the doctor spends about 2-5 minutes with you?

 

[Buddy_Christ]

that's why i'm always late when i go to the doctor's

i'm extremely punctual with my lateness. i only get places exactly when i need to be there.

girlfriend's mother is the nursing director at the clinic we go to. they take good care of us timewise and what not, but they run the entire place like that. really good staff there actually. if i'm early, i'll get to go back early, and the doctor is usually in the exam room when my appointment was scheduled to be or within a few minutes thereof. i've even gotten out of there before the appointment was scheduled to start.

 

[hoosier]

It's not entirely the doctor's fault. Often, it's his or her staff booking too many appointments in a day. Plus, there is a shortage of doctors, so really...you should be glad just to see the doc at all. Most of them are overworked to all hell, but people aren't at all sympathetic because they have a narrow-minded view of the profession (ie "For that kinda money, I'd work 16 hour days and be happy about it")

I am not 100% on this but, i believe doctor's get paid based on how many patients have registered. They get a set amount from the insurance company every month based on a patients age, no matter how many times you visit. It goes by age, the older you are, the more $$ the doc gets.

This would make sense in the case of overbooking. The more patients on record the more revenue coming into the office.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

see another doctor asshead, no one made you wait.

Or, go to school and get the skills yourself then fix your own body.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

hoosier - i'll ask my girlfriend about that. she's an administrative medical assistant (well, she just got a specialized Associates in it, no job yet, damn economy) but she knows all about insurance billing and whatnot.

 

[KillahBee]

see another doctor asshead, no one made you wait.

Or, go to school and get the skills yourself then fix your own body.

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what a fucking ignorant comment.

 

[almost-pro]

i work for a healthcare company in the IT field. i spend most of my days in doctors offices. u wouldn't believe some of the shit doctors talk about in the open about their patients. its incredible. also.. i do know that most of the doctors are extremely overbooked. plus on call at the hospital during the same hours they are seeing patients. So having long delays is to be expected.