Patients invade privacy by lingering around check-in counter
Patients invade privacy by lingering around check-in counter
Dear Abby: I am a medical receptionist with a university medical group.
Would you please inform your readers that standing and listening to people while they are being checked in for a medical appointment is not OK, and if they are asked to step away to not take it personally?
Discuss this problem with your office manager and ask if it would be prudent to post a sign asking patients not to stand within 3 feet of the reception desk when waiting to sign in.
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