Technology matters.
Just ask the Middle East.
Or, on a much smaller scale, ask my new ophthalmologist.
I arrived at his office 15 minutes before my scheduled appointment this morning (as requested). I soon discovered he shared a reception area with another physician.
My doctor’s receptionist had a small desk in the waiting room. A new laptop occupied one corner. Few visible files. A streamlined check-in process.
The other receptionist was heard, not seen. That’s because of all the files stacked on his desk, and the constant peck-peck-peck of his electric typewriter during my visit.
An electric typewriter! It took me a moment to place the sound when I entered reception.
If I had scheduled an appointment with that doctor, I might have paused….might have questioned her knowledge and ability based on the old school approach to the business being conducted in the front office.
When was the last time that doctor had advanced training? Read JAMA? Attended a conference?
All because the receptionist was still working in 1982.
Because technology matters.
Testing
I’m having an MRI done today.
My left shoulder is injured (no doubt a result of daily blog postings to The Egg).
I would have to be sedated to go through the tunnel in the regular MRI machine.
Yep, I’m one of those claustrophobic types. I don’t just talk the talk; I really am claustrophobic. And unfortunately, my fear of tight spaces has reared its ugly head in public places in the past.
Most memorably, I panicked in the tiny, windowless elevator at the St. Louis Arch. If you ever been, you understand. If you’ve never been and you’re claustrophobic?
Don’t go.
Of course, going into my appointment today, I wonder if my chart has special notes on it because I specifically requested the open MRI.
Do you think there’s a medical code for ‘wuss?’
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