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This rating is respective of the office admin corr...

This rating is respective of the office admin correspondence, not the doctor's therein. The Saturday before my rescheduled appointment (Monday) I received another change notice (2nd) with no new date or time provided and no enclosure. Near the bottom in the notice a hand written message indicated that they did not have a working number on file. So I waited till the office was open Monday morning, to call to check if everything is in order. After a brief discussion I waited for a call back. I did get called back that day and I was able to reschedule my appointment.

The inappropriate correspondence resulted in: -My employer scheduled a business trip for which I was supposed to participate. Learning in advance that the trip conflicted with my revised appointment date, and with my priorities aligned I opted out of the trip. Now I missed the trip and my appointment was rescheduled again.

What you should be ware of:
-The clinic did not call to notify me of my original schedule change, had they, the clinic would have noticed the issue with the phone number on file earlier.
-The second correspondence was frustrating. No explanation or enclosure. It left me confused and context was missing, it was certainly an inappropriate way of informing a patient.
-Timeliness. They are only open M-F during regular business hours. Most of us work during those hours so holding an appointment means working out your schedule with your employer.
-Record keeping. Check to see if they put in your number correctly.

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