Medical Pre-Check-In
Mar 10, 2023 08:24:59 #
I'm going for a blood test on Monday, a week before my annual physical. I received an email letting me pre-check-in. I had done this before, and it was no big deal. This was a big deal!
It took me at least fifteen minutes, including copying both sides of my two insurance cards and driver's license. So many questions! If they want me to do this before my physical next week, I'm going to decline. What used to be a family practice changed after the founding doctor retired. It has been "absorbed" by two or three large medical conglomerates, and everything has become more institutional. Too bad.
I'm supposed to arrive fifteen minutes before my appointment. It's almost insulting that they pre-add waiting time to my visit. 😂
It took me at least fifteen minutes, including copying both sides of my two insurance cards and driver's license. So many questions! If they want me to do this before my physical next week, I'm going to decline. What used to be a family practice changed after the founding doctor retired. It has been "absorbed" by two or three large medical conglomerates, and everything has become more institutional. Too bad.
I'm supposed to arrive fifteen minutes before my appointment. It's almost insulting that they pre-add waiting time to my visit. 😂
Mar 10, 2023 08:40:13 #
Mar 10, 2023 08:47:42 #
W9OD wrote:
Did the email ask if you were a Robot?😆
No, but there are rumors that the office is preparing to work on robots. When that happens, humans will be on their own.
Mar 10, 2023 09:02:21 #
dbrugger25
Loc: Raleigh, NC
I once confronted my doctor about excessive (2 Hour) wait times.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
Mar 10, 2023 09:15:42 #
Mar 10, 2023 09:20:07 #
dbrugger25 wrote:
I once confronted my doctor about excessive (2 Hour) wait times.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
Good for you! Lateness is rudeness.
Mar 10, 2023 09:22:49 #
dbrugger25 wrote:
I once confronted my doctor about excessive (2 Hour) wait times.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
I told him that my time is just as valuable as his and it is insulting and inappropriate to keep me waiting when they could have called me and explained that the doctor is running two hours late.
That would have allowed me to use that time productively.
He actually listened and agreed with me. He instituted that practice.
I once left after waiting an hour and a half. I actually got into the exam room, but the doctor never showed. They called me a couple of weeks later to reschedule.
Mar 10, 2023 11:39:14 #
David Martin
Loc: Cary, NC
What is most annoying is that the medical provider typically pays no attention to any medical information you provide in your pre-visit check-in. The adoption of electronic medical records (which was mandated by Congress) has led to an exponential growth in time-consuming data entry that patients are required to complete, which helps gather bulk data for retroactive analysis by the practice, the insurance carrier and/or the government, but is of little value to the patient.
Mar 10, 2023 12:50:51 #
David Martin wrote:
What is most annoying is that the medical provider typically pays no attention to any medical information you provide in your pre-visit check-in. The adoption of electronic medical records (which was mandated by Congress) has led to an exponential growth in time-consuming data entry that patients are required to complete, which helps gather bulk data for retroactive analysis by the practice, the insurance carrier and/or the government, but is of little value to the patient.
Funny, but not surprising.
Mar 10, 2023 13:59:17 #
Your comments make me appreciate the VA. I have regular appointments. They ask you to arrive 15 minutes early. And I have never had to wait beyond that. A couple of times after seeing my primary care physician I was sent to directly to other care providers and got right in. Things like a podiatrist, nutritionists, x-rays even an MRI. The VA has been very good to me.
Mar 10, 2023 14:04:50 #
jim quist wrote:
Your comments make me appreciate the VA. I have regular appointments. They ask you to arrive 15 minutes early. And I have never had to wait beyond that. A couple of times after seeing my primary care physician I was sent to directly to other care providers and got right in. Things like a podiatrist, nutritionists, x-rays even an MRI. The VA has been very good to me.
Nice. My brother goes to the VA, and his experiences have been less than stellar.
Mar 10, 2023 15:51:34 #
wingclui44
Loc: CT USA
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm going for a blood test on Monday, a week befor... (show quote)
Most importance I am concerning about this so called "E-Check-in" is, they will share my personal information to whoever they are. that's very dangerous now a-day, I did it before, but now I decline to do it, and I told them I prefer to check -in by phone and/or paper when I reach their office earlier to fill my information. I told them straight forward, because I don't want to give out my personal information in the internet.
Mar 10, 2023 20:36:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm going for a blood test on Monday, a week befor... (show quote)
Their way of saying "bend over and spread em" ??
Mar 11, 2023 05:24:34 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
jerryc41 wrote:
No, but there are rumors that the office is preparing to work on robots. When that happens, humans will be on their own.
Preparing robots to work on you.
Mar 11, 2023 05:57:27 #
wingclui44 wrote:
Most importance I am concerning about this so called "E-Check-in" is, they will share my personal information to whoever they are. that's very dangerous now a-day, I did it before, but now I decline to do it, and I told them I prefer to check -in by phone and/or paper when I reach their office earlier to fill my information. I told them straight forward, because I don't want to give out my personal information in the internet.
Totally agree!!
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