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Your
First Visit
Thank you for selecting my office for your women's health care needs.
My goal is to meet your needs and to exceed your expectations. I know
you will find my medical assistant and the office staff ready
to help you in any way they can.
On your first visit to the office, it is helpful to arrive 15 minutes
early in order to fill out the registration information. Some of this
information can be completed at home to save time. The forms can be
downloaded from the
New
Patient Link. Please you make your appointment at least 4 weeks ahead
of time. At your request, you will be mailed a
health history form to complete at home.
When you call for an appointment the scheduling staff will ask for the
reason for your visit. This helps us schedule the appropriate amount
of time. All of our staff are very aware of the confidential and sensitive
nature of our patient's concerns. If you are scheduling a "Well Woman
Exam" (annual exam) and also have health problems you wish to discuss,
please alert the staff when you schedule your appointment so extra
time can be allotted to you. Otherwise there will only be enough time
scheduled for your Well Woman Exam and you will have to reschedule for
your other problems.
It is useful to have copies of any evaluation, treatment, lab or x-ray
reports sent to me prior to your visit so that I may review them. Your
provider can mail or FAX them to my office at your request.
PLEASE
REQUEST TRANSFER OF YOUR RECORDS AT LEAST 3 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
If you are scheduling a PAP smear as part of your visit, please review
the web link to "The PAP Test" which you will find
on the procedures page under
Patient
Information.
If you have never had a pelvic exam and are not sure what to expect,
please visit the web site "
My
First Visit ". It will explain the exam in detail for you, and
hopefully answer most of your questions. If you have Medicare, please
review the Booklet
"Women with Medicare" you were provided by your Medicare
provider, or you can access it on our website by clicking on the link
above. It explains what is and is not covered by Medicare insurance.
The accuracy of Pap smear results is improved
by scheduling your test near mid-cycle and following the other
instructions from the brochure.
P lease
try to be on time for your appointments. Punctuality helps us to see
our patients at their scheduled appointment time. We consider your
time and ours very valuable and make every effort to keep our office
running on time. Since we do practice obstetrics, emergencies
occasionally take us away from regularly scheduled appointments.
If you are going to be more than 10
minutes late, please call to let us know.
If you cannot keep a scheduled
appointment, let us know 24 hours in advance.
If you are a New
patient and cannot keep your appointment, please let us know 48
hours in advance. We allot additional time for your first visit to
our office and would appreciate knowing well in advance if you cannot
make it.
I look forward to meeting you and becoming your physician. |
