^^the scheduler would have no idea about this. Contact guest services, patient advocates, or service line managers to get a clear answer on your options. Word to the wise, you have to be extremely persistent in healthcare and advocate for yourself tirelessly

I work in healthcare, and our hospitals provide rides within something like a 50-mile radius of the hospital, but we don’t advertise it.

I’m sure Hopkins has something similar - just ask.

If they won't let you take an uber than they must arrange for medical transport. It's typically an ambulance without lights on. They required it for my adult son, and coded it as a medical necessity.

Anonymous wrote:Lyft or Uber is fine. Even a cab.

I drove myself home once after a non-anesthesia procedure in office after resting in the waiting room until I felt I could drive. I pulled over and took a few breaks on the way but I was fine to drive.

I didn’t have medication in my system that compromised driving. If I had, I would have taken a Lyft.

They won't release you to a Lyft/Uber. Believe me, I've tried (NP). I had a coworker walk over and get me released from my last outpatient procedure but our office is near GW. She didn't drive me home, just got me released.

Just take an Uber.

Lyft or Uber is fine. Even a cab.

I drove myself home once after a non-anesthesia procedure in office after resting in the waiting room until I felt I could drive. I pulled over and took a few breaks on the way but I was fine to drive.

I didn’t have medication in my system that compromised driving. If I had, I would have taken a Lyft.

Ask your GI’s office. They likely have a few numbers for medical transportation companies.

You have to extend your circle of "people you are comfortable asking". This is why social people are more likely to have a better quality of life. What about a neighbor? Coworker?

I understand your concern. I don't know but will see what you end up doing.

Anonymous wrote:Get a medical escort.

Hoe do you get these?

This is a liability issue. It has nothing to do with whether you are with it enough to listen to test results.

Get a medical escort.

There are medical transport companies.

I think there are services that are like Uber but will come inside and check you out (like a library book, not a potential mate).

Maybe you can call the hospital social worker? They are the most likely person to know this kind of thing.

I have a very small network of people I feel comfortable asking for a personal favor. I need to have an outpatient procedure done at Johns Hopkins in a few weeks (like a colonoscopy) and they say I need someone to take me home bc of the anesthesia (which I find ridiculous because the doctor will review results with me afterwards- so I am considered “with it” enough to intake important health info, but not with it enough to take an uber??).

I asked the 2 people I feel comfortable asking and neither is free that day. If I don’t do the procedure then, I will have to wait several extra months as the doctor is fitting me into an already booked day.

There must be people like me who don’t have many people to ask for such a favor. What do they do in this situation? The scheduler wasn’t helpful when I asked her.