Responsibility for rescheduling and managing the flow of patient care is one of the most important duties of a physician. A properly used appointment system helps to maintain an efficient office. If improperly used, it can lead to confusion and chaos. Further, it can be a waste of precious time for the patient, the provider, and the staff.
While follow-up can be time-consuming, it is well worth the effort to prevent medical errors, unanticipated outcomes, and potential liability. The patients who don't show follow up appointments can be handled in following ways: Handling follow up appointments To help prevent such kind of appointments, a telephone confirmation call can be given to remind patients especially for in active treatment. During office visits, the patients can be educated on their disease process, care plan expectation and consequences of not continuing with follow-up testing…
