Choosing a family doctor is covered by health insurance

Looking for a suitable family doctor yet qualified, is not easy. Need foresight and patience to find it.
For example, when you're enjoying the long holiday with family at the beach, the family suddenly hit by allergies from foods they consume. Want to see a doctor, but a loss for the right doctor in a place far from the city like this. But having a health insurance for individuals to solve problems experienced by your family.

The family doctor is usually easier to communicate by phone or even SMS, and be contacted whenever needed. Moreover, these doctor have the medical records of all family members, making it easier to make the analysis even though the distance like your case.

The so-called family doctor, the doctor who not only perform medical treatment, but also provide health counseling and are expected to have concern for the emotional problems their patients have. In some countries the family doctor specialist, called a family practitioner or usually the family doctor is a GP who understands all the common medical problems suffered by patients of all age groups.

Some things that can be taken into consideration before choosing a family doctor is covered by e health insurance, among others:

• Already experienced as a family doctor.
  
• Get recommendations from relatives or friends about a trusted family doctor.
  
• Find out the family doctor quality standards in general and adjust to your preference.
  
• Adjust the location of the practice with the location of your home.
  
• Communicative and not stingy in sharing knowledge.
  
• Make you and your family feel comfortable if her medical treatment.
  
• It has a hotline number, which can and are willing to be contacted in times of emergency (either by phone or SMS).
  
• Having complete patient medical record files with settings files are neat.
  
• Having good relations with colleagues, labs and hospitals, making it easy to give referrals to specialists, and can send patients to laboratories and hospitals if necessary.
  
• Finding doctor who practiced in hospitals are included in the territory covered by insurance, so they can save costs.

Some advantages of having a family doctor, among others:

• The existence of medical records containing medical history and your family makes you do not need to complain at length presents a history of illness or disease during treatment.
  
• Doctors have identified a history of disease, so avoid the use of drugs or medication errors that flit.
  
• It's easier to make an appointment so no need to queue for hours.
  
• Habituation use the services of the same doctor to make the child feel comfortable to complain about the disease and get immunization.
  
• The benefits will be felt, especially times when families need emergency treatment.