Presently I have a system set up with no answering service. Patients call my office and they are told to call 911 if it is an emergency. If they would like to leave a message, press 1, if they have some other non-emergent condition but cannot wait for normal office hours, press 2 to ring the doctor. They rarely call option 2. I might get one call on a weekend, almost never after hours. I am surprised, and continued to be surprised, that patients respect me enough not to awaken me. That can't be said for the ER docs, however.
This costs 7.99 per month. I am not sure how a service would help me, or why doctors use them. You will still get a call from the service...
With Ringadoc, don't you have the phone beeping at you on every message they leave?
