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During your most recent appointment with your T1D health care provider, how long would you estimate you spent waiting to be seen by a provider? This includes time spent waiting in the waiting room, in the examination room, or elsewhere during the appointment.
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We normally spend an hour or sometimes even more, mainly talking cool diabetes stuff and Tech. At our last visit, he had a new doctor shadowing, so we didn’t spend long at all. It was definitely as much time as we needed, though.
My answers to today’s and yesterday’s questions are unusual for me. There was some kind of scheduling mixup and my doctor didn’t show up for work that morning. I waited for her because I’d already taken the time off work and I wasn’t sure when I’d be able to schedule another appointment. So my wait time was unusually long and my appointment was rushed.
Thinking I need a whole new care team after read these polls and comparing to my experience.
My response is for telehealth which tends to be quicker; in person visits usually involve longer waits.
Seeing my Endo is great. Waiting in the waiting room, less than 15, minutes. Seeing the doctor came be almost over hour. They are great
I had my appointment via phone
I think I only waited 5 min or so for my CDE to come online for a telehealth visit.
Because I used Metro Paratransit for my appointment I arrived early. My wait was approximately 45 minutes instead of the normal 15 because of that fact.
Mine was via video call which works well for efficiency. Back during face to face appointments the wait was frequently at least an hour after scheduled appointment time.
Once again, the response options overlap, e.g., 0-15 then 15-30! This is an ongoing technical issue for the team that develops the questions. 🙁
I have not seen my endo in person for almost 3 years since the pandemic began. I do tele health visits and there might be a 5-10 minute wait in the virtual waiting room. Only one time I waited more than one hour because somehow they lost me in ciber space.
It varies, but anywhere from 5-15 minutes. I really don’t mind as I chalk it up to them taking good care helping other patients.
Sometimes it is better sometimes it is worse. I was a few minutes late due to a car accident blocking an intersection. Took longer than usual.
This was for my last face to face. Most consults are now on line.
I won’t tolerate doctors who make me wait more than 15 minutes on a regular basis. Once in a while, I understand that things come up. I changed my rheumatologist over this issue. He came in at least 20 minutes after my appointment time every time. The last straw was when he did it and I was his first appointment of the day. I feel like if I can get there on time, so can the doctor.
This happened to me years ago where I drove three hours to see a specialist. He came walking in about a half hour after our schedule time. I’m usually quiet, but I let him know about it. I got no reaction from him. I kept seeing him. But, I don’t remember him being late after that.
I’m not sure. I don’t check my watch when I go to the doctor’s office. I expect to wait. I wait in the waiting room; I get checked in by a nurse; then I wait in the examining room for the doctor (APRN). I estimate usually about 45 minutes total, give-or-take some.
My actual time with the endo is around 10-20 minutes depending on what we are discussing. I have seen him for 22 years now, and usually get in and out of his office within an hour. I am appreciative of that.
I was there when I was supposed to be, they took an hour to show up!
I am never amused, 10 minutes and they reschedule my appt, them 1 hour late too bad for me : Z
I do telehealth visits.
My endo is extremely organized. I seldom wait more than 5 or 10 minutes from arrival until he is in the room. Plus he is an early morning person and I show up early to his first 7am appointment. Makes my day and his go much smoother.