What’s the longest acceptable time

[osutater]

To wait in the room for a doctor. Not in the waiting room. The actual room. Going on 1:15 minutes now with a sick 2 year old. Lovely.

 

[capanski_rivals]

To wait in the room for a doctor. Not in the waiting room. The actual room. Going on 1:15 minutes now with a sick 2 year old. Lovely.

Not that long.

 

[JonnyVito]

I hate this and what the hell do you do about it? I swear DR offices are the worst at scheduling. I was at one the other day and waited over 2 hours to finally see the DR. By the time we saw the DR I was on full tilt.

 

[Ostatedchi]

I'm lucky I guess. I've not waited 5 minutes for a Dr. in years since I use the company one. You can't get to his office unless you have a company badge.

 

[SquinkY5786]

I was the first scheduled visit for mine one day. 8 o’clock. I waited in the room till 830 when I heard him walk in the back door and the nurses say good morning to him. Plus it would be nice for them to not schedule ppl every 10 minutes. They are just trying to churn ppl in and out as fast as possible. Ever see what you pay for that 10 minute talk and script. It’s dumb.

 

[nathajw]

I've sat in the emergency room lobby for over an hour with an impaled finger, it could be worse.

 

[Been Jammin]

To wait in the room for a doctor. Not in the waiting room. The actual room. Going on 1:15 minutes now with a sick 2 year old. Lovely.

At my last Dr visit, they forgot about me. Had really good service at first. After I saw the Doc, he said he wanted to run a baseline EKG Nurse came in and hooked me up and got the readings. Told me to put my shirt back on and the Doc would be back in a few minutes to discuss results. After about 45 minutes, I finally poked my head out. The Doc saw me and said something to the effect of "what are you still doing here?".

 

[EvilPOKES]

30 minutes MAX imo...any time after that you kick in the door prepared to fill the hallways with uppercuts

 

[PokeMBA]

Where are you located?

 

[TheRedSon]

I have waited five hours.

It was for a pediatric neurosurgeon, my daughter’s condition could have eventually caused paralysis, and he had two back-to-back admits at the hospital that needed neurosurgery.

The answer is how important is the visit. I would have waited however long it took. If I was there because she was running a mild fever I’d have left.

 

[BigBobBarker]

If the dr is chronically this late it is a problem. Typically this is do to either not coming to work on time or with surgeons not scheduling operative cases appropriately with clinic. This time of the year for a pediatrician or FM doc he is probably overbooked do to seasonal illnesses and might have had to admit someone to the hospital.

I personally see between 30-40 per day and generally stay on schedule or early but I don’t have calls from nursing homes, the ER, or hospitals slowing me down like many PCPs do. I triple to quintuple book 8:00 but usually I start seeing them by 7:40 as they trickle in first come first serve. I have to do charts most evenings but if I am able to chart through lunch without interruption I can get the majority done. Once to twice a week I am not as lucky and I have to spend two hours of my evening doing charts.