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| − | A '''waiting room''' is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the '''waiting room.''' If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not | + | A '''waiting room''' is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the '''waiting room.''' If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not. |
'''How to Deal with the Angry Patient in the Waiting Room''' | '''How to Deal with the Angry Patient in the Waiting Room''' | ||
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| − | Of course, some patients can't wait in the '''waiting room'''. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/waiting-room/ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction | + | Of course, some patients can't wait in the '''waiting room'''. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/waiting-room/ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction]</ref> |
| − | Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, | + | Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, NJ leave a large bowel of [[Percocet (Oxycodone & Acetaminophen)|Percocet]] in the '''waiting room''' to keep everyone happy.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref> One physician by the name of Dr. Dufunk tries to keep his clinic patients happy by putting Tostitos chips out in his '''waiting room'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/10/doctor-chips/ Doctor Puts Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips and Salsa in Waiting Room, Business Booms]</ref> |
'''How a Patient Can Speed Their Way Through the Waiting Room''' | '''How a Patient Can Speed Their Way Through the Waiting Room''' | ||
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| − | Easy: develop chest pain.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/08/tired-of-waiting-patient-develops-chest-pain-in-er/ Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops “Chest Pain” in ER | + | Easy: develop chest pain.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/08/tired-of-waiting-patient-develops-chest-pain-in-er/ Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops “Chest Pain” in ER]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:01, 6 December 2016
A waiting room is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the waiting room. If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not.
How to Deal with the Angry Patient in the Waiting Room
Of course, some patients can't wait in the waiting room. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.[1]
Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, NJ leave a large bowel of Percocet in the waiting room to keep everyone happy.[2] One physician by the name of Dr. Dufunk tries to keep his clinic patients happy by putting Tostitos chips out in his waiting room.[3]
How a Patient Can Speed Their Way Through the Waiting Room
Easy: develop chest pain.[4]
As for the VA waiting rooms? Yeah, those are ridiculously long waits. What's that about?
References
- ↑ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction
- ↑ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits
- ↑ Doctor Puts Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips and Salsa in Waiting Room, Business Booms
- ↑ Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops “Chest Pain” in ER
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