Clinical annoyance: Patients keeping their appointments with me in order to tell me that

[Aristus]

they were dropped by their specialty care provider for missing appointments.

It's hard to know how to respond to that.

Especially when they were referred out because I couldn't do any more for them at the primary care level.

[msongs]

1. you did your part. nt

[CTyankee]

2. Hi, Aristus!

Was there any particular reason these patients were missing appointments? Had they called in advance to cancel or just didn't show up?

I make every attempt to be able to keep appointments. However, I am often dependent on others to provide my transportation and they can be running behind schedule themselves. I always call the provider if it looks like I am going to be late so if I need to reschedule I can do so at that time.

Whatever happened to common courtesy?

[Major Nikon]

3. That'll learn ya