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Sometimes a doctor is available but crappy scheduling software hides that. I got a small scratch from a squirrel and since it did cause a little blood to appea
by tzs 2y ago
Sometimes a doctor is available but crappy scheduling software hides that.
I got a small scratch from a squirrel and since it did cause a little blood to appear I figured better safe than sorry and went to Kaiser's site to make an appointment with my PCP.
They had nothing for a few weeks.
So I changed to requesting an appointment with any doctor at the same facility. It then gave me an appointment with my PCP for the next day at 9 am.
I've seen similar problems with vaccine scheduling using their web site. It will sometimes only show appointments at a bigger Kaiser facility in the next town, or an even bigger one 30 minutes away.
But if I actually go in and talk to the people at the front desk at the Kaiser office in my town they can often make me an appointment at that facility.
- tripper_27 2y agoIt's also much faster to get in front of a NP than a doctor.
- nradov 2y agoAs it should be. One of the few levers we have to control costs across the healthcare system is shifting much of routine primary and urgent care to PA/NP practitioners. I understand that might mean a loss of quality in some cases (have been on the receiving end of that myself) but we'll have to lower our expectations and be content with good enough.