Medical Updates
Author:
Sollis Health
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Updated: Sep 17, 2026
It’s not always easy to find the care you need after hours or on weekends. When you do, there’s the crowded waiting rooms, the sense of being rushed through your ten-minute appointment, and the long waits for specialist care.
Over the years, it all adds up, leading to stress that can impact your mental health with symptoms like anxiety, depression, and burnout.
In an ideal world, a concerning symptom would prompt a same-day appointment, a swift diagnosis, and a clear treatment plan. But in the American healthcare system, it more often triggers a weeks-long odyssey: waiting for a primary care slot, waiting for a specialist referral, waiting for prior authorization, waiting for test results.
In 2022, the average wait time to see a new physician in major American cities was over three weeks. For specialist care, it can stretch even longer: 42 days for an OB/GYN, 40 days for a gastroenterologist, 36.5 days for a dermatologist, and 12 days for an orthopedic surgeon.
During that time, patients are left to sit with their symptoms, their fears, and their unanswered questions. For many, this diagnostic limbo is its own form of suffering—a prolonged state of uncertainty that feeds anxiety and makes it difficult to function normally. And the longer a patient spends in limbo, the more their mental health is affected. These delays can also cause a feedback loop of hesitancy to seek care: 15% of people who avoid going to the doctor do so because of time constraints.
It would be easy to look at the epidemic of rushed, impersonal medical care and blame the doctors. But in many ways, physicians are fellow casualties of the same broken system.
Studies suggest that doctors now spend nearly two hours on administrative tasks for every one hour of direct patient care. Between prior authorization requests, electronic health record documentation, and insurance billing, many doctors don't have more than 15 minutes with every patient, leaving little room for the kind of attentive, holistic care that both doctors and patients want.
The result is widespread physician burnout. More than half of American physicians report symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of accomplishment. And while physicians are trained to maintain professionalism regardless of how they feel, burnout inevitably affects the patient experience. Appointments feel rushed. Concerns feel dismissed. Patients leave with their questions half-answered and their anxieties unaddressed.
This has real consequences. Patients who feel unheard by their doctors are less likely to ask follow-up questions, less likely to adhere to treatment plans, and less likely to return for follow-up care. The erosion of trust between patient and physician—driven not by individual failure but by systemic pressure— quietly undermines health outcomes across the board.
When these problems combine, the mental and emotional impact on patients can affect their bodies, too. Chronic stress triggers the sustained release of cortisol and other stress hormones, which suppress immune function, raise blood pressure, increase inflammation, and elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease. Anxiety and depression are associated with poorer outcomes across virtually every major category of illness, from diabetes to cancer to heart disease.
When the healthcare system itself becomes a source of chronic stress—when navigating a diagnosis involves months of uncertainty, financial terror, and feeling dismissed—it is actively working against the health of the patients it is meant to serve. This is the feedback loop at the heart of the American healthcare crisis: a system that generates anxiety and distrust produces patients who are less able to engage with care, less likely to follow through on treatment, and physiologically less equipped to heal. Healthcare-induced stress is not a side effect of a broken system.
At Sollis Health, we believe that feeling supported and at ease should be the baseline of every healthcare experience. Our concierge medical model is designed to interrupt the cycle of anxiety, delay, and disconnection that defines so much of American healthcare, especially for urgent and emergency medical needs.
Sollis eliminates delays in care:
Sollis creates deep connections between patients and clinicians:
Sollis breaks the cycle of stress and poor health outcomes:
From urgent injuries to complex conditions, access board-certified ER physicians, advanced imaging and labs, and seamless specialist referrals 24/7, with no wait times. Discover membership benefits.
New York and The Hamptons
6 clinics
Southern California
4 clinics
Northern California
2 clinics
South Florida
3 clinics
Medical Updates
Author:
Sollis Health
Published:
Mar 31, 2026
Updated:
Sep 17, 2026
It’s not always easy to find the care you need after hours or on weekends. When you do, there’s the crowded waiting rooms, the sense of being rushed through your ten-minute appointment, and the long waits for specialist care.
Over the years, it all adds up, leading to stress that can impact your mental health with symptoms like anxiety, depression, and burnout.
In an ideal world, a concerning symptom would prompt a same-day appointment, a swift diagnosis, and a clear treatment plan. But in the American healthcare system, it more often triggers a weeks-long odyssey: waiting for a primary care slot, waiting for a specialist referral, waiting for prior authorization, waiting for test results.
In 2022, the average wait time to see a new physician in major American cities was over three weeks. For specialist care, it can stretch even longer: 42 days for an OB/GYN, 40 days for a gastroenterologist, 36.5 days for a dermatologist, and 12 days for an orthopedic surgeon.
During that time, patients are left to sit with their symptoms, their fears, and their unanswered questions. For many, this diagnostic limbo is its own form of suffering—a prolonged state of uncertainty that feeds anxiety and makes it difficult to function normally. And the longer a patient spends in limbo, the more their mental health is affected. These delays can also cause a feedback loop of hesitancy to seek care: 15% of people who avoid going to the doctor do so because of time constraints.
It would be easy to look at the epidemic of rushed, impersonal medical care and blame the doctors. But in many ways, physicians are fellow casualties of the same broken system.
Studies suggest that doctors now spend nearly two hours on administrative tasks for every one hour of direct patient care. Between prior authorization requests, electronic health record documentation, and insurance billing, many doctors don't have more than 15 minutes with every patient, leaving little room for the kind of attentive, holistic care that both doctors and patients want.
The result is widespread physician burnout. More than half of American physicians report symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of accomplishment. And while physicians are trained to maintain professionalism regardless of how they feel, burnout inevitably affects the patient experience. Appointments feel rushed. Concerns feel dismissed. Patients leave with their questions half-answered and their anxieties unaddressed.
This has real consequences. Patients who feel unheard by their doctors are less likely to ask follow-up questions, less likely to adhere to treatment plans, and less likely to return for follow-up care. The erosion of trust between patient and physician—driven not by individual failure but by systemic pressure— quietly undermines health outcomes across the board.
When these problems combine, the mental and emotional impact on patients can affect their bodies, too. Chronic stress triggers the sustained release of cortisol and other stress hormones, which suppress immune function, raise blood pressure, increase inflammation, and elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease. Anxiety and depression are associated with poorer outcomes across virtually every major category of illness, from diabetes to cancer to heart disease.
When the healthcare system itself becomes a source of chronic stress—when navigating a diagnosis involves months of uncertainty, financial terror, and feeling dismissed—it is actively working against the health of the patients it is meant to serve. This is the feedback loop at the heart of the American healthcare crisis: a system that generates anxiety and distrust produces patients who are less able to engage with care, less likely to follow through on treatment, and physiologically less equipped to heal. Healthcare-induced stress is not a side effect of a broken system.
At Sollis Health, we believe that feeling supported and at ease should be the baseline of every healthcare experience. Our concierge medical model is designed to interrupt the cycle of anxiety, delay, and disconnection that defines so much of American healthcare, especially for urgent and emergency medical needs.
Sollis eliminates delays in care:
Sollis creates deep connections between patients and clinicians:
Sollis breaks the cycle of stress and poor health outcomes:
From urgent injuries to complex conditions, access board-certified ER physicians, advanced imaging and labs, and seamless specialist referrals 24/7, with no wait times. Discover membership benefits.
New York and The Hamptons
6 clinics
Southern California
4 clinics
Northern California
2 clinics
South Florida
3 clinics