Do you hate arriving 15 minutes early for your doctor's appointment only to find the doctor running an hour behind? House Call Doctor tackles this complex issue
One of my biggest pet peeves in life is tardiness. I hate it when other people are late. It’s as if they are not respecting my time. But you know what? I hate being late myself even more. In fact, I cringe at the thought. Conscientious, successful people are on time.
Always.
So you can imagine that nothing irks me more than being late myself. But I am late - 10 minutes, 30 minutes, sometimes even an hour. And what’s worse? It happens on a daily basis. Yes, I’m late almost every single day as a primary care doctor.
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This makes me feel overwhelmed and frustrated. It's the one aspect of my profession I truly wish I could fix.
But I’ve had to accept this unacceptable situation as the reality of working in primary care in the United States. It’s a complex problem that is out of my control and it’s a hard pill to swallow. However, that doesn’t mean I can't try to offer a solution. And this podcast episode is my attempt to do just that.
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