I've been to AIMS Urgent Care a few times, and it's about what you read from the other negative reviews on here. The doctors, in my experience, are solid, the front office sucks and the medical equipment is sub par. Most of the time I can look past a poor front office if it doesn't impede my accessibility to the doctor.
On 4/1/24 (let's call it "The Last Straw"), I scheduled an appointment for my daughter, as it was going to be a few days before her primary could see her. So I hopped on AIMS' website to make an appointment -- scheduled for 7:14 PM. Here's the play by play:
- 6:45ish: Got a text saying to show up 20 minutes later because they were running behind schedule. Okay, that's fine. Our new appt time would be 7:31 PM
- 7:10ish: They sent the pre-appointment notification saying to get there 10 minutes early. Cool, that's what I assumed.
- 7:15ish: Was about to leave at 7:15, and I got another text saying that they were running behind, and to show up a 20 minutes later. Okay, so that puts the appt at 7:51 PM, with a 10 minute early arrival time of 7:41. That's fine. Since we were about to head out, I figured my daughter and I would go ahead and head over. Maybe they could get us in a little earlier, but either way is fine.
- 7:30ish: Walking up to the door, there's a piece of paper taped to the door saying they're not taking any new patients. Okay, that's weird. They close at 9PM, but I guess they're gonna wrap up a little early. To each there own, I'm glad we made an appt.
- Still 7:30ish: My daughter and I walk in to an empty waiting room and immediately we are met with "We're not taking anyone else." I told the people at the front desk (there were like 3 clerks and a couple of nurses just hanging out) that we had an appt. They looked befuddled. I told them when the appt was for (I mis-spoke... I told them it was for 7:16PM when it was actually 7:14PM, they DID NOT like that I told them the wrong time by 2 MINUTES... strike one against me -- er, my daughter, I guess?).
The front desk clerks found the appt, but we were late? Somehow? I could see them reviewing the same text thread on their computer screen that had been sent to me. I told them I wasn't late according to the texts that they'd sent me, and that we were, in fact, early. They said, the texts they'd sent ACTUALLY said to show up 20 minutes early for the appt. ?? !!?!!?! (Yeah, nice, I'm sure patients like having it implied that they're stupid by someone CLEARLY can't read the texts that are sent out by their system on a regular basis. Good one. Anyway, strike 2 against my daughter because her dad has sub-par reading comprehension skills.)
Okay? So I asked them if they wanted to see the texts I'd received, because they definitely said to arrive later (They're attached below if you're interested). They said no, they could see what was sent there on their own screen. They then told me the doctor wasn't taking more patients (Strike three because we chose AIMS -- a mistake I won't make again). I don't make scenes in front of my kid. I'd made my objection. Clearly they didn't want to help us, so we left.
- 8:10ish: Laughably, I got another text from them saying to show up 20 minutes later because they're running behind. Maybe spend a little more $$ and get better staff & software?
I don't leave negative reviews, this is actually my first. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. BUT when patterns start to emerge AND the culmination of those patterns is turning away a sick 6 year old that you've ALREADY AGREED that you're going to see, something needs to be said. So there it is. read more