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The 9 a.m. clinic that starts at 9:40

L'ambulatorio delle 9 che inizia alle 9:40 · Healthcare · Beginner

The case

In the outpatient clinic you coordinate, a brilliant and highly sought-after specialist has a chronic vice: the 9 a.m. clinic almost always starts between 9:30 and 9:45. The delay propagates all morning: elderly patients waiting over an hour, a simmering waiting room, front office staff who absorb the protests and have stopped defending him, and the other specialists starting to ask why the rules do not apply to him. Confronted informally, he shrugs: the ward, the emergencies, the traffic. His lists are full for four months and patients adore him, once they get in. How do you solve it?

Nel poliambulatorio che coordini, uno specialista bravissimo e richiestissimo ha un vizio cronico: l'ambulatorio delle 9 inizia quasi sempre tra le 9:30 e le 9:45. Il ritardo si propaga per tutta la mattina: pazienti anziani in attesa oltre un'ora, la sala d'attesa che ribolle, il personale del front office che assorbe le proteste e ha smesso di difenderlo, e gli altri specialisti che cominciano a chiedere perché per lui le regole non valgono. Lui, affrontato in modo informale, allarga le braccia: il reparto, le urgenze, la strada. Le sue liste sono piene per quattro mesi e i pazienti lo adorano, una volta entrati. Come risolvi?

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