From: Doe, John SktnHR
Sent: February 3, 2009 6:37 PM
To: Kishore Visvanathan
Subject: Physician Input for Ambulatory Care
I dread these invitations. This week, I received 4 requests to attend meetings. It’s not that the meetings are terrible; I’d like to go to all of them. The problem is the effort it takes to get to the meetings.
All of the invitations were for meetings within the next 3 weeks. What were these people thinking? Don’t they know I’m a busy clinician? My schedule is solidly booked at least 6 weeks in advance. If these people want input from physicians, they need to plan ahead!
Look how much effort it takes to rearrange my schedule to attend a meeting on short notice: