Patient Centered Scheduling

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Ever go to a doctor’s appointment and spend a lot of time waiting to be seen? Think everyone has been in this situation and it is not pleasant. This can take a lot of valuable time out of your day, cost you time off work, or miss other events. This causes undue stress in life and is only part of the reason for a patient centered scheduling system. Alternatively, some of the other online opioid addiction treatment facilities using telehealth just have patients call in and sit on hold for long periods of time, again not efficient and can cause undue stress.

The Founder of Recover Clarity noticed in his career that many treatment facilities make scheduling around the office needs with complete disregard for the needs of the patient. As the office needs are never to be neglected, a new approach based around the patients is more ideal. When patients can be more effectively and efficiently assisted then the office works more smoothly, making this new approach a win for both sides.

Another concern with scheduling, especially with opioid addiction treatment (Opioid Use Disorder), is missed appointments and having scheduling problems can be life threatening. When a person is in withdrawal the chances of relapse are increased. It is during these relapses that the chances of overdose and even fatal overdose are of paramount concern. The reason for this is that a person has a decreased tolerance while in recovery. Additionally, many opioids are mixed with unknown quantities of Fentanyl and often Xylazine. Therefore, making patient centered scheduling will assist with keeping people in active recovery for their opioid addiction.

Lastly, life likes to throw challenges our way. Many things can happen that would cause a person to need to reschedule an appointment, sick children, called into work, family emergency, or any other life challenge. Recover Clarity’s creative patient centered scheduling allows for this to happen, but to also ensure the patient can still be seen during office hours. By this assurance it makes certain that a patient is not without their medication and placed in a situation where they could experience withdrawal symptoms and relapse. This not only protects the patient but also others in their life by assisting the patient in remaining in successful recovery. The ability to complete fully online Suboxone treatment by use of online Suboxone doctors and telehealth also allows for such a patient centered scheduling system to exist.

This creative approach to patient centered scheduling has many benefits:

- Decreases cost to the patient

- Decreases time spent on appointments

- Decreases chances of relapse and overdose

- Eliminates waiting on hold or waiting in a lobby

- Increases chances of successful treatment completion and addiction recovery

- Allows for life to happen and still let the patient get the care they need on the day they need it

For patients that make all scheduled appointments and allow the office to run efficiently, decreases overhead to the company, which those savings are passed back onto the patient. Being timely with appointments also ensures the patient is not waiting to talk to their medical provider and the appointments are greatly less time restrictive, no more waiting on hold or sitting in a lobby.