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Exactly. You have to be an established patient to get some of the benefits, the most important being (IMO) being able to see a doctor within a day or two if yo
by joncrane 9y ago
Exactly. You have to be an established patient to get some of the benefits, the most important being (IMO) being able to see a doctor within a day or two if you're really sick. (But not emergency room sick)
- heimidal 9y agoEven as an existing patient, I’ve been quoted wait times of more than three weeks to see my PCP.
- emodendroket 9y agoMe too, but it seems like there's a hierarchy depending on what your complaint is. When I needed to schedule a follow-up post-hospital discharge they had no problem getting me in, but when I had other complaints it was see an NP or wait months.
- walshemj 9y agoYes as they say that's what the receptionist is to triage patients so that the worried well or those with a cold who want antibiotics dont get seen as quickly as those of with chronic conditions
- emodendroket 9y agoI think it's not quite the same as what Gawande describes, but a similar enough idea.