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Yeah, I think thats a valid edge case - and a manageable one. If you are expecting a call from a doctor, lift the firewall for a while.

• sigseg1v 2mo ago
  It gets a bit more complicated than that. I don't even regularly need things from my doctor, but I have a referral to a specialist right now, and the waiting time is around 16 months to be contacted by them. At that time they will randomly call me from a restricted number. So I must have all call screening and blocking off for probably 2 years in order to accommodate this. And I can't time it because in the past I was referred to a different one and they contacted me in only 4 months when they said 12+.
  • everybodyknows 2mo ago
    Had similar situation here in the US -- though with a more tolerable delay -- with a private health care provider. The fix of course is an enforced requirement from higher authority that health care providers communicate only by means that prove identity of the source -- never calling from an unverifiable number. How to make that happen, though ... ?
• phil21 2mo ago
  This doesn’t work for older folks. They have medical providers constantly randomly reaching out. Typically medication changes or reminding them it’s time to come do labs or whatever. That and trying to walk my parents through turning this sort of thing on already was a 3 hour long process. That they will in no way remember even with a checklist. There is unlikely going to be a technical way to solve this social problem, as is usually the case.
  • nothercastle 2mo ago
    Personal assistants in the Philippines and hope they don’t scam you themselves