Re: Newly pregnant existing patients

From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Tue Feb 25 19:28:28 2003


No question that the intimacy of solo practice is better, but that isn't really the solution that I seek.

I have some thoughts of what to do: 1. Have the appointment maker (that is, one of the several who make appointments) write the name down and hand me the chart. 2. Have the appointment maker tell my nurse, who knows all :). 3. Have the nurse (we rotate) on the prescription line give me the chart/name, etc.

It isn't a big deal, I'm just searching for ideas.

Garry

At Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote: >
>The price of success :). You may need to go back to your solo days to find
>intimacy.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>"The fundamental problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how
>lacking you may be in the essential virtues required of a steady player,
>the odds are that one day you will hit the ball straight, hard, and out of
>sight. This is the essential frustration of this excruciating sport. For
>when you've done it once, you make the fundamental error of asking yourself
>why you can't do this all the time. The answer to this question is simple:
>the first time was a fluke." -Colin Bowles
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Garry E.
>Siegel, M.D.
>Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:18 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: OB: Newly pregnant existing patients
>
>Here's one for the group, probably best aimed at the US private docs.
>
>Do you routinely hear from your staff when an exisiting gyn patient is
>pregnant? In other words, if an existing patient calls for a new
>pregancy appointment, or for vitamins, she generally is--duh--pregnant.
>In my older days, when I was a solo, I generally heard it, because the
>receptionist/schedule/front desk person (all in one!) generally knew who
>the patients were, and told me or my nurse.
>
>Nowadays, in a 3 doc, 2 midwife, 2 location office, it is not that
>simple.
>
>Why am I asking? Well, on the day before someone comes in, that is when
>I generally see the schedule and say, "Oh, so and so is pregnant again."
>Sometimes, it would be nice to know just because.
>
>Garry
>
>--
>Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
>Private Practice
>Roswell, GA
>

--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA




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