Hellobee Boards

We just interviewed one and found a few questions online to ask:

- Make sure they take your insurance
- Do they have a separate waiting room for sick kids vs. kids just there for checkups?
- Vaccinations (can you vax on a delayed schedule, etc.)
- How do they work covering for when you need to come in but your doctor is out/busy

Overall, how do you feel about the practice? Do you like the waiting area? The receptionist? The nurses and doctors?

Hope this helps!

We had already met the doctor and heard him speak about how to pick a pediatrician, so we didn't have many more questions. We just wanted to go meet him and make sure we felt comfortable with him, and make sure the office was clean. Things that were important to us when picking a doctor was their hours- our place is open 365 days a year. And they encourage you to call and ask questions if you have them- which we do a lot.

Our Pedi's office had something called a Baby Basic's class, so they more or less answered every single question we could have ever thought to ask.

- what are their office hours? do they have after-hours?
- do they have saturday appointments?
- where do you go in case of an emergency? (We were instructed to call the pedi's office to be routed to the nearest hospital, based on injury. not all hospitals in our area are equipped to deal with infants/children)
- what are their views on BFing, formula and vax?
- Do you like the pedi's/nurses/staff?