How can I determine if a doctor will see patients at night or on weekends?

To see if a doctor has evening or weekend hours, call the office to check availability; or check the practice website for more information. Watch family medicine specialist Jennifer Caudle, DO, explain the best ways to confirm open office hours.

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In this day and age, doctor's offices, I think, we're kind of coming into the 21st century in a way. And there's a lot of offices that

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are online that have their own websites that may be on social media as well. So in addition to calling, check out the practice's website.

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Check out their social media. You might not only get tips about when the office is open and their availability but how best

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to schedule your appointment.

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You know, I think the best thing to do is to call up your doctor's office and find out exactly what the hours of operation are.

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Don't assume it's just Monday through Friday and that weekends aren't included or that evenings aren't included as well.

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Call. Get that information. And then you'll be able to better sort of plan and make your appointments that fit to your schedule.

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You know, the other thing is that, in this day and age, doctor's offices, I think, we're kind of coming into the 21st century in a way.

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And there's a lot of offices that are online that have their own websites that may be on social media as well.

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So in addition to calling, check out the practice's website. Check out their social media. You might not only get tips about when the office is open

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and their availability but how best to schedule your appointment. And you might even be able to schedule online, which could be really convenient for you.