Dr on Demand

[jluv]

I've not once in my life walked in and gone straight back. Not with m PCP, Dentist, ER, nada. Im always there 60-90 minutes, with about 3 minutes of that time being actual face time. I couldn't tell you the last time I even saw my actual doctor. If I'm at the Doctor something is seriously wrong, but the above scenario has been the case my whole life, with every medical related appointment I've had.

That is absolutely insane to me. I've never experienced anything like that. You have plenty of choices for doctors in DFW, so why put up with that?

[bcoop]

That is absolutely insane to me. I've never experienced anything like that. You have plenty of choices for doctors in DFW, so why put up with that?

I've tried, because it is a huge annoyance to me. It's like that at every place I've been. And I always make it known why I'm leaving or why I'm giving a new doc a shot. They might blow smoke up your ass, and get you in and out on your first visit, but after that they're just like the rest.

[jluv]

I've tried, because it is a huge annoyance to me. It's like that at every place I've been. And I always make it known why I'm leaving or why I'm giving a new doc a shot. They might blow smoke up your ass, and get you in and out on your first visit, but after that they're just like the rest.

I assure you they are not all like that. Check out Bedford Family Medicine. It's right off of 183, so not a horrible drive for you. I've gone there for many years and have never had to wait long at all or had a bad experience of any kind.

[8mpg]

Rarely do i have less than a 20 minute waiting room trip and about 10-15 worth of waiting at the actual patient room even with an appointment. This is with maybe 10-15 minutes of contact time. So what 25% efficiency?

Also, when was thenlast time you could get a same day appointment at a family doc?

You're not paying for contact time. You're paying for the Dr's 11-15 years education and training. Whether it takes 2 minutes or 30 minutes to diagnose, they have the ability to write prescriptions and diagnose problems, you dont.

[Forever_frost]

In Sulphur Springs I am always taken right back. It's absolutely brilliant and I can never complain about care at Sulphur.

[Ruffdaddy]

You're not paying for contact time. You're paying for the Dr's 11-15 years education and training. Whether it takes 2 minutes or 30 minutes to diagnose, they have the ability to write prescriptions and diagnose problems, you dont.

Im talking about the ratio of contact time to waiting time. Do you even math bro? How can you be so lost so soon? Lol

[kingjason]

I've not once in my life walked in and gone straight back. Not with m PCP, Dentist, ER, nada. Im always there 60-90 minutes, with about 3 minutes of that time being actual face time. I couldn't tell you the last time I even saw my actual doctor. If I'm at the Doctor something is seriously wrong, but the above scenario has been the case my whole life, with every medical related appointment I've had.

Got a dentist in Desoto that is awesome. Usually you walk in the door and he steps out pulling on his gloves. Not once have I seen my wife have to wait. Took a month to get in with him for myself but I no sooner had handed the lady my cash for the co pay and he was stepping out the door. Bayless off of Pleasant Run. Every one I have sent there says the same thing. Plus he has never tried to push anything unnecessary. He has set cash prices also!

[GrayStangGT]

Every doc is different. I always have same day sick appointments available, only way you don't get seen same day is if I'm out of town or on vacation--even then I have a call partner that will, I cover him the same way. My patients have my and my nurse's cell #'s and can access me by secure email. I only see 10-15 patients per day, the average waiting room time is less than 10 minutes and we usually run on time, unfortunately emergencies do arise and we do occasionally run late, never over 30 minutes. I also make nursing home visits and house calls for those too sick to come in. My standard office visits are half an hour and every patient gets a comprehensive annual exam with advanced cardiac risk labs, pulmonary testing, EKG, screening lower extremity doppler test for early peripheral arterial disease, anxiety and depression screenings, thorough dietary assessment and counseling, etc...
In what alternative universe does this kind of service and care exist? It's called concierge medicine. After 24 yrs of packed waiting rooms, seeing 30-40+ pts per day, chronically running 1-2 hours behind and working 12-14 hrs per day--I changed over about a year ago. I actually love practicing medicine again and the patients that signed up love it too...
I know I'll get flamed for all this so do your worst.

This I can get behind, any suggestions for a doc in Midland that operates this way? Mine sold out to a big company and if you want same day they send you to their terrible walk in clinic now. Would probably be better off driving to abilene to see you.

[slingshot]

There are actually a couple in Midland doing it... look up Dr Raj Patel. Internal Medicine and seems to be very good. Not sure if he is full or still taking new patients.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Im wondering if some of you have ever been to anything other than the doc-in-a-box type places? I know of three docs that I could be face to face with in under an hour, including drive time to get there.

[Chili]

I have had a little of both with my primary care doctors.. Some were always behind, some were usually pretty smooth. Regardless, slingshot's description of his office sounds pretty damn nice.

We also have the teledoc type of service available to us through my company (using Cigna) but we haven't tried it. I have used Urgent Care a few times, but mainly because our PCP was closed, or when they jacked our ER copay to $250 for a year (back to $100 now).

The last time I went to Urgent Care for myself was when I tried to cut the end of my finger off, and I was happy with their care. They are decent for cold / flu type stuff too, when the PCP is closed, because you can check in online rather than waiting in their office.

[slow99]

I hate my guy's office and need to change but just never get around to it. Most of the time there's a wait and it's a chop shop - they have an "allergy center" and "sleep center" they try to send me to everytime. They make you come in for an appointment for routine, maintenance medicine every couple months - effin ridiculous. I do like my Dr. that I see there a lot though so I put up with it.

[bcoop]

Im wondering if some of you have ever been to anything other than the doc-in-a-box type places? I know of three docs that I could be face to face with in under an hour, including drive time to get there.

None of the experiences I mentioned were with a doc in box. I've only been to one of those once, and it was a few weeks ago when we thought K broke his nose. They saw him immediately, and after taking a peek told us we needed to take him to the ER.

[mstng86]

None of the experiences I mentioned were with a doc in box. I've only been to one of those once, and it was a few weeks ago when we thought K broke his nose. They saw him immediately, and after taking a peek told us we needed to take him to the ER.

Care Now and Care United loves doing that

[8mpg]

I hate my guy's office and need to change but just never get around to it. Most of the time there's a wait and it's a chop shop - they have an "allergy center" and "sleep center" they try to send me to everytime. They make you come in for an appointment for routine, maintenance medicine every couple months - effin ridiculous. I do like my Dr. that I see there a lot though so I put up with it.

Depending on the medicine, thats a good thing. Following up with labs and results of the medication is important. Medicines all have their side effects. They can be hard on the liver or kidney or cause other issues. Blindly refilling prescriptions without seeing you is irresponsible. Im on a low dose blood pressure medication and I have to see my Dr every 6 months for liver labs and to ensure my medicine is controlling my b/p. Most people dont check their own b/p at home to ensure their meds are doing the correct job.