100% of the time any phone call to Carle sends you to a recorded loop that requires a call-back (with no particular time given). I end up missing half of the return calls because by that time I am doing something else or away from my phone. Normally it takes 4 calls to make an appointment, and then I have only been able to make even a virtual appointment for no sooner than 3 weeks.
Carle has a go-to defensive attitude. Yesterday I tried the Carle $20 online instant e-appointment, during an emergency allergic reaction regarding a medication prescribed by my doctor, the nurse or secretary who eventually called me for the appointment immediately started arguing about whether they are charging people (they are). As typical with Carle the receptionist pool/nurse decided that whatever I said must not be true: that (because I am 68) I must be having a heart attack and told me to go to the ER. I declined to go to the ER for a heart attack, and asked her to stick to the topic of my allergic reaction to the medicine. Hours later I got a sort of sarcastic call back from her reading me what the doctor wrote. It all reminded me of that game "Chinese Whispers," where you never actually talk to the doctor -- your symptoms and the doctor's advice get filtered and altered through a series of intermediary secretary/nurses who ultimately try every way possible to pass the buck, and this results in very poor quality, and certainly unreliable, medical service.
Carle also does not want anyone to transfer records from other hospitals. They just want to re-do everything with their own specialists, which take months to get appointments to see. I tried to send records from Maryland from very good specialists I saw there within the last 6 months and Carle was not interested in processing their own paperwork to receive the records.
Carle just seems completely overwhelmed, stretched way too thin, and is totally understaffed. Carle presently represents itself as a lot of big shiny new buildings, but Carle is NOT functioning in any smooth or coordinated manner. Good luck if you choose Carle. Please think about having a back-up plan. read more