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H+H doctors warn cuts to appointment times will burden patients, staff

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 10/4/24

Doctors in the city’s public hospital system are pushing back against a recently implemented plan to halve appointment times for new primary care patients.

In August, NYC Health + Hospitals announced that it would reduce patient visits for first-time patients in adult primary care and pediatrics from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. Since wait times for primary care appointments have increased, the hospital-systems goal is for more patients to be seen. Appointment times for returning patients will remain the same, at 20 minutes.

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