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  • Our patient visits are set as 15 minute slots standard.

    This isn’t enough time to practice good medicine for anything much more than something like a flu or strep throat. How does one squeeze in an entire rooming process followed by a solid HPI, physical, poc testing and then plan review with pt in 15 minutes?

    They don’t.

    But with how medicine works (in the US) it’s the how clinics make enough money to stay open.

    For clarity: I work at a Federally Qualified Health Center, not a for profit clinic.