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Episode Synopsis "Keeping Doctor Appointments"
One of the most important relationships you will have when it comes to your health is the one you have with your Primary Care Provider. A good provider-patient relationship is a mutual partnership that allows the patient and provider to work cohesively to maintain your good health or address medical concerns you or your provider may have. One of the most important ways to do this is to keep your scheduled appointments. Preventive care, such as annual checks ups with lab work, is one great reason to keep your scheduled appointment. This is one way your provider can identify medical concerns or provide education that can lead to better health and prevent illness. Prevention and a healthy lifesyyle are key to your overall health. Another reason to keep your medical appointments is for appropriate management of chronic medical conditions that require ongoing treatments such as prescriptions and lab work. Lab work can let your provider know if your condition is stable or if your medication needs to increased, decreased or changed in general. It may also let your provider know if you need to be referred to a specialist. Overall, regular appointments are key to a healthy outcome and may keep you out of the hospital, which can be very costly. Prescription refills are another reason to keep your appointments. Refills can be denied if you do not keep your appointment. While this may be a controversial topic, in general, a medical provider must weigh the legal liability of refilling medications for those who do not keep appointments that allow them to appropriately manage the condition requiring the medication. A medical office is a business, therefore there are consequences for not keeping scheduled appointments. One consequence is charging for no show appointments. For those that consistently cancel and reschedule appointments or do not call at least 24 hours in advance to cancel appointment the ultimate consequence is dismissal from care. When a patient is dismissed from care this can also include other family members seen by the same provider. Most offices have a policy regarding appointments and allow a certain number before enforcing the policy. Be sure to check with your providers office regarding their policy. Communication is key! If you can not keep an appointment, please call to cancel and reschedule the appointment. By doing so you just made that time available for someone else that needs to be seen. Some of the most common reasons for not keeping an appointment are transportation, unable to pay for the visit and conflict with the time of the appointment. Let your providers office know why you can’t make the appointment. There may be other options to meet your needs. Grayson County Health Clinic offers high quality medical and preventive care at an affordable cost and will work with you to schedule an appointment that works with your schedule. We offer appointments Monday-Thursday from 7 am to 7 pm, Friday from 8 am- 5 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 12 pm. The clinic is also open during lunch. Please call us for more information or to schedule an appointment and be sure to ask out about our no show policy so you are well informed. You can reach us at 903-771-2846 option 1.
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