Before you jump all over me, I have already outlined why I think we (doctors and medical offices) are the biggest part of the wait time problem. But, patients can help. Here are 3 ways you can help avoid long wait times at the doctor’s office.
1. Don’t request peak times during the day. Every office has busier times and not as busy times throughout the day. If you don’t know …
3 ways patients can help reduce wait times
Painful wait times at the doctor’s office. It’s an old story with few exceptions.
As a dad, I have to deal with many of the same issues of parenting that you deal with: sleepless nights , fevers and holding my kids down for shots (my wife did it once, I think, then she promptly retired from this job). However, waiting at the pediatrician is not something I have to do. So, I can’t truly empathize …
Reasons why your wait time at the doctor’s office is so long
When we moved to Irving, TX and I decided to join a practice in nearby Lewisville, I realized I wanted to know more about the schools in the area and get a feel for the culture of the teachers that would be teaching my patients and kids. I searched online and found great and encouraging information about Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Irving and Lewisville school districts. I also looked up several teachers …
What would a flipped checkup look like?
I get asked a lot about essential oils. I answer very little. Why?
The answer is simply that we don’t know much about how or if they work. Except from stories about how they have helped certain people in certain situations, no one has done a large studies to truly evaluate their effectiveness or safety.
The main explanation for why they are used is that people (parents) are simply looking for something that’s an alternative to …
A few thought-provoking questions about essential oils
It’s coming up on that time of year again. Spring break is here, next comes school assemblies leading up to the end of the school year.
It’s that inevitable time of year where I see news story after news story where children are rewarded Oprah-style for their awesome record of perfect attendance:
“You get a bike and you get a bike and you get a bike.”
Yeah! It’s pretty heart-warming and exciting, right?
There …
Is perfect attendance what we really want in school?
“AAP Criticizes Retail-Based Clinics — Again.”
I noticed the headlines rolling in about the AAP updated policy statement regarding retail based clinics. The one above particularly caught my eye. Something about the tacking on of “again” caught my attention. It came across to me like we (pediatricians) were perceived to be saying something that was unnecessary, maybe even that we were just complaining.
Throughout the day, I monitored my Twitter …
Whine or win: How retail clinics will affect pediatricians
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