Saima S.
Yelp
I am new to Kaiser Permanente, having just switched over from Blue Shield, and so far I am VERY impressed. Yesterday, I signed up for my KP.org account and chose a primary care physician near my house at the Inglewood Medical Center. I got an appointment to see her this morning, the NEXT DAY - unheard of. A nurse also called yesterday afternoon to go through my medical history so that I wouldn't have to waste time filling out a form when I arrived for my appointment.
Today, I went in for my appointment, and while most of the bad reviews here stress awful wait times, that was not my experience at all. Perhaps it was because I had a 9am appointment, before the office had a chance to get backed up, but the nurse called back from the waiting room 5 minutes EARLY, checked my vitals, and gave me a flu shot. Then, the doctor showed up 5 minutes later, talked through my issues (she was very friendly and personable - excellent bedside manner), made her diagnosis, and sent met down to the lab for some blood tests. I waited 5-10 minutes in the lab waiting room, but the actual blood draw only took another 5 minutes. Finally, I went to the pharmacy (still in the same building) to pick up the medication my PCP had ordered. I waited maybe another 5 minutes and my name was called.
ALL OF THIS took...a little over an hour? Unheard of! And to top it all off, the parking is free. Free parking in Los Angeles. I'm used to going to UCLA where they charge a fortune for parking and it takes 20 minutes just to walk from your car to your clinic's reception desk where you wait another 20 minutes at least. I actually had someone at UCLA forget I was in a visitation room and they left me there for 45 minutes! This experience could not have been more different.
So far, I am absolutely thrilled with Kaiser and the facility and staff at the Inglewood Medical Center!