office sharing

[jonnylingo]

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How many of you are sharing office with another doc/PA/NP?

I prefer my own space to escape, review records/dictate/stare mindlessly out the window. However, I'm being told by managment that times are a changin' and that we need to get used to shared, close quarters as our department continues to grow.

If you do share, has it been a positive experience?

Is is time to rise up against "the man" and fight for privacy?

I think it's a violation of HIPPA to dictate charts in the prescense of others, including providers. Is this defensible?

 

[lobelsteve]

I have worked in a multispecialty group x10 years. Most of the time the primary care physician is one hallway away from me. I got a consult for a acute radiculopathy today the MRI was done in the morning I did a consult right before lunch and the injection at 2 p.m. her primary care doctor reviewed the MRI with me on paper so I reviewed it with him on the computer. The
collaboration you can have far outweighs any issues in a multi-specialty group. No hipaa issues.

 

[BobBarker]

He is saying there will be another dr in his personal office. They are going to move his potted plant out and put another desk there basically.

 

[olafa]

for the amount of time you spend inside the private office compared to the clinic, it really is not practical to have a multiple large office suites with low occupancy time.... shared space make sense.

 

[hyperalgesia]

How many of you are sharing office with another doc/PA/NP?

I prefer my own space to escape, review records/dictate/stare mindlessly out the window. However, I'm being told by managment that times are a changin' and that we need to get used to shared, close quarters as our department continues to grow.

If you do share, has it been a positive experience?

Is is time to rise up against "the man" and fight for privacy?

I think it's a violation of HIPPA to dictate charts in the prescense of others, including providers. Is this defensible?

This happened to me a few years ago and I had to share an office. My office-mate turned out to be a nice psychiatrist who was only there occasionally and I really enjoyed talking to her. Later someone told a group of social work trainees they could use my computer when I'm not there which prompted me to say, "Where's a key to your office in case a trainee is at my computer?" I won that battle and the matter was dropped but 5 years later, some people walk by me in the hall and refuse to say hi.

I think you just have to pick your battles. Since I took a slightly different position in the hospital, I don't even have a shared office, just an exam room, and I'm completely fine with it. I now have license to look at admin folks with contempt and talk about what dead weight they are.

Ideally, I'd like an office with a window and a view. And a refrigerator. But, whatever.

 

[pastafan]

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[Biohazard685]

I think a private space where you can decompress or even catch up on charting is a welcome creature comforts.