“What’s the deal with the ED being used for second opinions?”
Well, patient’s don’t like waiting. In the ED, you can get a CT scan, MRI and a consultant/ER physician opinion all in one visit.
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Second opinion is pretty much by definition a self-declaration that the problem is not an emergency. If the triage desk isn’t sending those folks home and giving them the doctor’s referral service number, then they are not doing their job.
Same goes for drug refills.
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