Can you text your doctor?

I've been avoiding doctors. The most remote way I can deal with them is a telehealth appointment.

Not text, but there’s an easy, secure messaging system to reach them in both in the VA and my “civilian” doctor. I had a telehealth appointment with my psychologist last week, and that was wonderful! I have a follow-up scheduled in February, and hopefully that’ll take place on a beach in Florida! (Well, it can be in person if she wants to join me. )

We can contact our doctor by e-mail, no text messages. We can contact our pharmacy through WhatsApp.

I never asked to do this. I send messages through the portal and mine answers quickly. If it's urgent and can't wait too long, I can call and get transferred through.

We can’t text a Dr but I was told by the physio that I could text him if I needed to.

Thankfully I don't remember when was the first time I visited a doctor. I'm fit and have no problem. However I often take my uncle to our doctor. Here you don't need to take appointment , at least in my town.

I guess you can contact their secretary or nurse but not the doctors themselves since l can imagine if they allow that they’ll surely be inundated with calls and texts from their patients which can surely be overwhelming for them to attend to since they do have their rounds at the hospitals and their clinic then their private time too.

Yes, my doctor allows me to text.

No, but I have a medical web page account where I can keep up with my appointments, results from tests and it includes a way to pay bills online.

I can text mine.

Our doctor runs his own practice which consists of maybe 10 doctors so you have to ring the surgery to get appointments, etc. Occasionally they might let you talk to him on the phone.

I contact my cardiologist via telephone. However, if I want my medications, I use e mails to ask for the medications.

I don't have a smartphone and prefer to leave a message on the portal.

if its emergency, i would call him once, but when he did not pick the call, that means he is busy. So i just message him.

Not directly, but the office staff relays messages

It depends on what I need of them. In some situations a message is enough but some others need an appointnment.

I usually call and leave a message for them. Never really thought about what I'd prefer.

My doctor's office sends me texts all the time, reminding me about appointments and "check-in" times that are always half an hour too early but I can't send a text back. Their phone numbers are call only and talk to a nurse and leave a message. Pretty can text with nurses at her doctor's office but can't text the doctor, either.

Doctors are always available here. Visit them and you will get checked up within half an hour.