Reply: Re: wait times to new evaluations

[Guest guest]

Don,

A consumer purchasing any type of service has every right to decide how and

where they spend their money.

Put yourself in the patients' shoes for a moment and ask yourself what you would

want if you were in the situation you proposed.

Would you want a business enterprise of any kind to facilitate your desires or

to be a roadblock?

Jon Mark Pleasant, PT

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Your point is well taken Matt. I do agree that some PT’s

who work

> >for hospitals (and some private practices) do not have the private practice

> >owner commitment that you have just shared. I was in private practice myself

and

> >my patients appreciated it when I came in early or stayed late. I

don’t think

> >this should become an argument over who is better. There are good PT’s

and bad

> >PT’s everywhere.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > From: PTManager

[mailto:PTManager ]

> >On Behalf Of acceleratedptbsl@

> > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:51 AM

> > > > > > > > To: PTManager

> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Re: wait times to new evaluations

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Okay, case in point. Had a patient telephone us Monday and

schedule

> >an appointment. We offered Tuesday but he chose to come in Wednesday. I

normally

> >start seeing patient';s at 8 am and close at 7pm, three days a week. But to

> >accommodate I offered to take this eval at 6:30 (probably keeping me here

until

> >7:30 pm with treatment, not including the paperwork at the end of the day),

and

> >he said " Thank you, the hospital's therapy dept. said they could not get me

in

> >until July 28th " .

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Matt Capo, PT

> > > > > > > > Accelerated Physical Therapy and Occupational Health, Inc.

> > > > > > > > Bay St. Louis and Diamondhead, Mississippi

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Re: wait times to new evaluations

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Matt,

> > > > > > > > I take some offense with your assumption that hospital based OP

> >therapy depts don't strive to get people in quickly. I work in that world and

we

> >strive to do the same thing for patients that you do.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Lindberg, PT

> > > > > > > > Avista Adventist Hospital

> > > > > > > > Louisville, CO

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