ZocDoc adds docs: Schedule appointments online

New York-based medical appointment scheduling service ZocDoc is expanding its offering today. When the company launched last year, users could make appointments with a few dozen dentists in New York city. This week, ZocDoc is adding primary care physicians in Manhattan to the mix.

The service is designed as an alternative for patients who would normally go to their medical insurance provider's web site to find a doctor. That process can be complicated and you don't end up with much useful information about a doctor. ZocDoc includes an easy to use scheduling feature and an user feedback from patients who have previously seen a doctor.

Because most doctors and dentists have unfilled appointments or cancellations throughout the day, ZocDoc makes it easy to schedule last minute appointments without calling a dozen doctor's offices first.

ZocDoc is still limited to New York only, and there are a relatively small number of doctors and dentists signed up. But when we tried out the service for ourselves a few months back, we had no trouble finding an appointment with a nearby dentist on short notice. The company does have plans to expand the service to other markets in time.

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