For now. It always begins as voluntary. But then doctors will start to treat people who opt out the way TSA treats me when I opt out: a hostile adversary.
I already get glares and sighs when I dare to actually read every word of a multipage form I am expected to sign without reading. Was told once I would lose my appointment if I took longer than a few minutes to read more than 10 pages because I could not be checked in until I signed. Other patients are waiting, your exercise of your human rights is inefficient.
Then soon I'll have to pay a higher copay to opt out. Then I won't be able to opt out at all.
All in the name of optimizing patient NPS scores and patient throughput.
I've never had this problem. IME every doctors office recommends showing up 15-20 minutes early to a new-patient appointment for the explicit reason of filling out paperwork.
Right, doctors and CIOs get to use AI transcripts but you, a lowly patient, will write your name, address, and insurance policy number fifteen times with an exhausted Bic pen.
>For now. It always begins as voluntary. But then doctors will start to treat people who opt out the way TSA treats me when I opt out: a hostile adversary.
> Was told once I would lose my appointment if I took longer than a few minutes to read more than 10 pages.
I'd be finding a new doctor at that point. Ridiculous. I love it how doctors can be 30 minutes late for their appointments because they're running late and all their appointment delays are cascading, but if the patient reads a document for 5 minutes, they're the problem!
I already get glares and sighs when I dare to actually read every word of a multipage form I am expected to sign without reading. Was told once I would lose my appointment if I took longer than a few minutes to read more than 10 pages because I could not be checked in until I signed. Other patients are waiting, your exercise of your human rights is inefficient.
Then soon I'll have to pay a higher copay to opt out. Then I won't be able to opt out at all.
All in the name of optimizing patient NPS scores and patient throughput.