1 /5 Scott Boston: Don’t waste your time with this practice. I tried to switch to Dr. Dunhill as my primary care physician. He canceled our first appointment (he was ill) and I could not get a new appointment for two weeks. They called me today and canceled my rescheduled Friday appointment (he wants to leave early).
I asked the Centralized scheduling center if I could speak to someone in the practice and they transferred me to his Patient Care Coordinator, Alyssa, and she told me that next available appointment for new patients is January 20th (47 days away)! And he only is willing to see new patients on certain days.
I said “well, he has now canceled two of those days and can you get me in sooner given this happened two times already. She said “No.”
I told her that I had prescriptions needing renewal and she said “he won’t fill them unless you are an established patient.” I said I have been trying for over a month now and he has canceled twice and would have been an “established patient.” She said there was nothing she could do but in the meantime I could try to see another physician. I said “well that does that get me “established” with him, does it?” She said “No!”
No problem solving. No concern with service after canceling twice and no sense of urgency about correcting what they have done.
I asked her what would you do if this were you and she said “probably find another practice.” She did not get the irony that her job is supposedly about caring for the patient experience. But her advice is well taken.
I see lots of client posts from this practice over poor service but it really appears they never do anything about it other than give canned responses. I would stay far away from this practice and he should not be accepting new patients if he has zero desire to see them.