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[vacationhopeful]

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Not only is schedule filled with non-flu patients, then the schedule is doubled with flu patients during the peak.
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So the moral of Beaglemom3 story is:

It is FLU SHOT SEASON ---- get your FLU SHOT NOW ---- the shot doesn't work if you get exposed in the store, by a kid, a sick family member, the boss if they have the flu without the window to develop an immune response. Be smarter than them .... at least TRY to protect yourself BUT still wash your hands, avoid crowds, avoid sick "friends" ... the flu shot offers limited protection but there are MANY flu versions and it is a GUESS as to which flu version will dominate 6+ later after it is produced and distributed.

 

[SMHarman]

They can and do by increasing temp staff (if they can find enough help) to cover patient surges and staff absences. Therein lies the rub. It's easy to identify the swell of patients, but not easy to staff it.

If you've ever had the unfortunate experience of walking out into a waiting room during flu season, it's daunting. Just a sea of very, very sick people needing help. Some needing hospitalization.

Even the ERs get overwhelmed.

Not only is the schedule filled with the normal, non-flu patients, then the schedule is doubled with flu patients during the peak.

We do our best and work far into the night during those times. Builds character being on the front line of care.

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Your missing my point. If normal is 10% emergent appointments and flu season is 25% emergent appointments then in flu season the Doctors should only book 75% of the calendar with well visits during that period.

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[Beaglemom3]

Your missing my point. If normal is 10% emergent appointments and flu season is 25% emergent appointments then in flu season the Doctors should only book 75% of the calendar with well visits during that period.

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And you're missing mine. Human factor variables. We won't turn away those with other pressing needs as sick people are not just numbers or percentages despite best-guess estimates.

ETA: Trends are much easier to predict than day-to-day patient surges in real life operations. It's the nature of the beast.

The impasse has been reached.

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[SMHarman]

And you're missing mine. Human factor variables. We won't turn away those with other pressing needs as sick people are not just numbers or percentages despite best-guess estimates.

The impasse has been reached.

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No I'm not. Yes some days you may get 50 % of your cases as sick and won't turn them away but if you have already upped the sick capacity in the system you have more room to flex.

Anyway the wait time for a mammogram which is where this started is down to disorganization. Sick visit mammograms are lower frequency (though a urgent care or PCP visit for a lump could lead to one)

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[FLDVCFamily]

These docs are typically in a group practice, so they're only on call for midnight hangnails one night a week.

I just got an ad from a new local group. It is $1650 each, but that includes office visits and a short list of other services.

DH's doc was in practice for himself...I don't know if he took on a partner when he signed up with the "concierge" company, but I don't think so. When they were blowing up our phones trying to get DH to sign on it was just the same one doc they were shilling for. Hopefully he will be over 2am hangnails soon and back to regular practice because DH really liked him.

 

[vacationhopeful]

D....<snip> Hopefully he will be over 2am hangnails soon and back to regular practice because DH really liked him.

Most likely NOT. The doctor might have paid into a franchise-type operation ... that would explain the ton of phone calls .... it is a call center with a prepared script. ASK where the voice on the phone is located.

This business format is being marketed MOST likely as a full service operation .... they might even be looking for an associate or other staffing for this doctor to avoid 2AM phone calls. Amazing amount of stuff is now totally done remotely.