Wave Imaging has one of the worst reputations in the business, but the reviews for ALL of their locations speak for themselves. My review is ZERO stars, but I am giving the ONE GOOD star for the X-ray tech himself (more on him at the end of my review).
I took my elderly (Asian) mother-in-law here as English is her second language for a hip x-ray. We came in as a walk-in, but quickly found out that making appointments are meaningless - more on that to follow.
When you go in, there are 2 lines. One is a sign-in sheet for walk-ins and the other is for appointments. The waiting room had about 12 other patients who were a mix of both walk-ins and appointments.
During our 2-hour wait, we experienced/heard/saw:
1. The employees claim that they cannot make appointments in person. You MUST make appointments over the phone or online. Like, you are literally sitting in front of your computer and you can't help patients standing in front of you to book an appointment? Odd, but ok I guess. If that's really your policy, but that was just weird.
2. The employees were short, rude, and unhelpful to many patients.
- There was an older Chinese couple who came in but spoke very little English. They were walk-ins but didn't want to wait, so the front desk kept barking at them to make an appointment online or over the phone. The older couple asked if they can make an appointment over the phone SPECIFICALLY for an x-ray and the employee said yes.
HOWEVER, this is 100% false. Their phone system does NOT accept X-ray appointments. Phone appointment bookings ONLY allow for NON-X-ray appointments, like MRI, ultrasounds, and CT scans.
So as the couple was leaving, I caught them outside and told them they can only make X-ray appointments ONLINE. They thanked me, because they had tried to make PHONE x-ray appointments but weren't allowed. They told me they were more confused because the front desk incorrectly told them that PHONE x-ray appointments were accepted. But, they didn't know how to use the web, so I recommended they ask their children or grandchildren to book their x-ray appointment.
- At one point or another, at least 5-6 of the waiting patients went to the desk to complain and remind the employees that they'd been waiting 1.5 to 2 hours even though they had appointments, but they were told to either keep waiting or re-book (see #1). One elderly man on a crutch was so angry that he cursed and left. The poor man had waited for 2 hours.
2. The employees talked amongst themselves about personal topics. They weren't using vulgar language, but it was uncomfortable and unprofessional for them to laugh and joke about their friends' children and other personal stuff.
3. Another patient complained that she had been waiting nearly 2 hours just to pick up a CD of her X-ray. She was so upset that she got up and asked the front desk when she'd get the CD. The employee simply looked left and right of her desk and handed her the CD. The CD was sitting there THE WHOLE TIME! The employee didn't even apologize for this oversight. So of course, this lady becomes more upset and storms out after she gets the CD.
The ONLY redeeming part about this location (Orange) was the X-ray tech. My mother-in-law said it was a nice young man. She said he was very respectful and did not treat her differently because of her basic English skills.
The tech saw the X-ray order for only ONE X-ray view (her primary doctor is a jerk, but that's another story). When she explained her pain to the tech, he took the initiative to take THREE X-rays to capture a bigger view of her hip/pelvic region. She has been in a lot of pain and worried, so we really appreciated this young man. So, thank you to the X-ray tech gentleman for your kindness and professionalism. read more