I've had a lot of MRIs done in many different locations, and this was the absolute worst experience of them all. I guess the only reason I'm not giving them 1 star is that the actual MRI tech was nice.
Pros:
1. The MRI tech I got was nice. Not exceptional by any means, but nice enough.
2. The lockers in the dressing room are super modern, with a PIN keycode.
Cons:
1. Making the appointment - you receive a call from a call center in some other country and an agent whose first language is not English and whom you can barely understand.
2. The pre-paperwork - it's extremely lengthy and overly detailed. It also tells you not to eat anything, even a mint, for 4 hours before your MRI, and no liquids except water. None of my other MRIs ever had restrictions on food or drink. I complied, but when I arrived, no one even asked me about this, so apparently it doesn't matter at all anyway.
3. The waiting room - it's small and cramped, with just 4 chairs crammed into a tiny space. When I went in, there were 5 people and only 4 chairs, so 1 person had to stand. There is also no privacy, so everyone in the waiting room hears everything the patient at the window says to the receptionist and vice-versa, which can't be HIPAA-compliant.
4. The staff - the receptionists were rude and unfriendly, barking orders and demanding answers to questions, and no smiles from any of them. They truly seemed to hate their jobs. One even complained openly for all to hear about her boss, whoever that was. The one doctor there, Dr. Omar Arafat, gossiped loudly with a complaining receptionist, then came into the waiting room to get water, all the while ignoring all the patients as though we were invisible and not the reason for his practice inexplicably staying afloat.
5. The timing - I was told to arrive at 2:20pm for a 2:40pm appointment, so I did. In fact, I arrived at 2:17pm. Not sure why, as I already filled out the paperwork ahead of time. I was taken to the dressing room about 2:30, but didn't even have my MRI start until past 3:00pm.
6. The dressing room - there is just one dressing room, despite multiple patients. After my MRI, I stood around waiting for 10 minutes for another patient to vacate the dressing room so that I could get dressed and collect my purse.
7. The intermediate waiting area - after changing into a gown, you sit in a lone chair in the hallway, because the place is so small and cramped that there is nowhere else to go. I sat there for more than 30 minutes with nothing to do but twiddle my thumbs. Not a single staff member bothered to greet me, explain why they were running late, or give me an ETA on my MRI. Again, I may as well have been invisible.
8. When I was finally changed and ready to go, the receptionist asked me if I wanted the pictures on a CD. I was about to say yes, but then she said I'd have to wait another 10 minutes for her to burn the CD. I didn't know people still burned CDs. Last time I burned a CD was 20 years ago. In any case, I had already been there for nearly 2 hours, so I said no thanks. Then at that point, she told me I could go online to view the pictures. Why wasn't this presented as an option in the beginning?
Overall, this place needs a lot of work, and some serious employee retraining (including the MD). It also needs a larger space, as the office is way too small for the patient volume. You can tell they are trying to save money not just on rent, but by cutting corners too - the front desk staff is mediocre at best, the decor is awful (generic, outdated, and cobbled together, as though employees just brought in stuff from home that they no longer wanted), and the walls have noticeable damage in multiple spots. I had a good long while to make observations while sitting in the hall. read more