Today classifies as boredom. No patients. Except that I may make a new set of rules for overpaid urology surgeons:
1) If your patient is coming for testing and you know it - send the pre-op clinic his ORDERS.
2) Do not tell the registration people 'generic tests' and then get angry at the pre-op clinic for not performing tests YOU NEVER TOLD THEM TO DO.
3) You are a DOCTOR's office. A doctor is to help a patient. The WHOLE patient. Not just the patient's breast, ankle, penis, knee, heart, lung (insert diseased organ/body part of choice here).
4) If your patient is from an 'alternative' lifestyle - i.e. usually crazy and homeless, we will gladly take care of them - BUT tell us first. We just don't know that someone will be a 3 hour appointment when you send them to see us at 5 PM the day before their surgery.
5) It's a pre-op clinic and not a psychic service.
6) Don't be scared that we are charging them for their tests and internal medicine visits. Yes, it's a bit of an investment, but it will prevent your malpractice claims, motherfucker. Don't discourage a physical because it cuts into your profit (see rule 3).
That's all for today. It's the weekend. Yay. Wait until Monday when someone really riles me up.
