The End Of The Doctor's Waiting Room

Dr. Dennis M. Dimitri, a family physician, runs an unusual office. Few appointments are accepted in advance – patients call in the morning and are assigned a time slot later that day and they don’t have to spend hours in a waiting room. Dimitri made the change to “open access” appointments four years ago because he wanted a way to accommodate patients without squeezing their schedules or his own.

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<h1>The End Of The Doctor’s Waiting Room</h1>
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			July 14, 2010		</time>
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<p>Dr. Dennis M. Dimitri, a family physician, runs an unusual office. Few appointments are accepted in advance – patients call in the morning and are assigned a time slot later that day and they don’t have to spend hours in a waiting room. Dimitri made the change to “open access” appointments four years ago because he wanted a way to accommodate patients without squeezing their schedules  or his own. </p><p>      <strong>Related Article:</strong> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/944096AF-EA22-4664-BE68-A16E640284C2"><strong>Tired Of Waiting For the Doctor? Try One That Gives Same-Day Appointments</strong></a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20End%20Of%20The%20Doctor%27s%20Waiting%20Room&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fend-of-the-waiting-room%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/end-of-the-waiting-room/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11380&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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