@Wayne Good to know others have the same mindset. Of course, I get the same thing with sports and camp physicals. I had a 200 lb 11 year old with a pulse of 88 who wants clearance for two-a-days in football. You would think the coach would just say no.
I have always thought that an echocardiogram to rule out Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an EKG without the exam would make more sense, but my cardiologist says statistically you would get too many false positives.
@Leslie Well said. By the way, what constitutes a large group in your town? Two GIs? LOL. J/K.
We have a Developmental Evaluation group who takes the referral from us. They then mail a packet to the patient at address A. They then mail a packet to the school AFTER they receive a release form from the patient at address A. The patient gets the packet two weeks later and throws it on the table underneath all the bills and the TV Guide and probably doesn't even look at it for a week. IF, they fill it out and send it back and after the school sends theirs back, the Developmental Pediatric place mails them a date and time. Well, by this time, the address is B. Or the phone is disconnected. I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but there seems to be a correlation between the patients I send for developmental testing, Learning disabilities, etc. and families that are doing their best to keep things afloat. And, the chances of change of address or phone issues are greater.
I then receive a letter six weeks later stating "We are looking forward to seeing your child, blah, blah, blah..."
Then six weeks later, I get a copy of a letter to the parent stating we didn't receive your packet or you didn't return our confirmation call, and therefore we can only assume you have decided not to meet with us.
So, after a consult that was put in motion four months ago, we receive a letter stating it isn't going to happen. And, in 13 years not one of my patients on the waiting list get in early.
Crazy.
