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Too sick to wait? Tips on how to see your doctor faster

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    Dr. Cynara Coomer weighs in

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Twenty minutes after the hour this -- happened all of plastic feeling really sick you're down -- -- you need to call your doctor to make an appointment.

But they can't think he went for several weeks sometimes months well wait no more -- Fox News medical late teens doctors and our coomer joins us with some tests on.

How to reduce the wait time seeing your doctor good morning good morning -- this is a matter after my own heart.

Because some in my patients also waiting for a long time for appointments and it's tough -- a doctor as well because they obviously want get the patients -- -- his past because they realized anxiety.

About not having to wait see your position.

But on the other hand is just so many hours and -- -- you can see patients.

They say the average American has to wait 21 days to get -- with their doctor what they've made that appointment exactly three -- -- the primary care physicians and sometimes for specialist can be even longer than night.

So there's if there's a few great tips one of them is website called -- dot com.

DOC DOC dot com.

And it's a great way to get -- online you can book online these -- come might actually I went online and I saw the -- -- this very interesting you can go to.

Your city that your end okay and you can also to just specialty that you're interested in see which which onto my console them and I'll give you lists in addition that they -- them.

And then they'll give the appointment times sometimes you have to wait a few days -- some doctors sometimes we don't get that -- in right away -- doctor your doctor has to subscribe to us right.

And right on this website who.

Who what -- -- can you can subscribe subscribe and and it don't depends on insurance and also with insurance at the patients but that doctors will take a okay understand a CEO ruptured -- -- on a plane and that's why he started this website because again.

With a doctor immediately -- -- four days exactly I the second point you say call during the off hours -- don't call first thing in the morning don't call during.

The -- or lunch time here.

After an hour right right an analyst at -- times have our bad news because the staff the -- are shifting off as well also it's difficult to get the to come people on the phone.

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And you know the junior partners in the group also very good in -- selected by the senior partners you know you gonna get some vacant.

And what a -- less to most doctors do that it's interesting that many doctors do and and I sort of haven't.

An -- wait -- of what we'll tell patients if if we can if we get some cancellations will call you we'll try to get and then he may have been willing to go last minute.

And be nice to that to your doctor and his staff because -- -- Canon you don't nice -- right.

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