How to Choose a Primary Care Physician
One of the first things you'll do as a Harvard Vanguard patient is choose a primary care physician. It's an important choice because your primary care physician will be your partner in keeping you healthy.
Your primary care physician:
- is your personal doctor
- coordinates your medical care
- looks after your overall health
What's important to you?
Think about what matters you most in choosing your primary care physician.
Are you looking for someone close to your home or work? You can search for a primary care physician on this site by location.
Maybe credentials and hospital affiliations are more important to you. Or the languages he or she speaks. If so, perform an advanced search using the criteria that matter most to you.
As your primary care physician is your partner in keeping you healthy, you'll want someone with whom you can build a good working relationship. In other words, someone with whom you feel comfortable.
You can always call the medical office to schedule an appointment to get to know your doctor first.