Annual Physical Exam
in Old Forge, NY

Walked in for a physical without an appointment. Instead of sitting in waiting room I was able to go next door for a coffee and was texted when they were ready to see me.

Not happy that they never called with test results . Could not even reach them by phone. I physically had to go back and ask for my results. They stink

Elise is EXCELLENT and extremely knowledgeable in her field of accupuncture. The front desk staff were pretty decent. The facility is very clean as things should be! The restroom was equally clean! Very much appreciated as most places do not have such tidy restrooms. I also really appreciated the pleasant art works. Most of them were very, "Happy," pieces! 😊 Im sure this will fall on deaf ears. However, Insurances need to cover more things like these since everyone's determined no one can get any real pain meds of any kind, any more. Afew ppl ruined it for the 50 million suffering in moderate to severe pain every day. Alive but not living, having lousy qualities of life. 😢 Degenerative anything simply doesn't improve, thus the word, "Degenerative." Tai Chi is also helpful, so is massage therapy, water therapy, and, sitting on the back of a walking horse. Big Pharma have not gone and found any viable replacements to the natural, plant based medicines. Both Tylenol and NSAIDS will destroy your liver and kidneys if that's all you've access to. It's merely a matter of time. It's not the Gov't's business. It's between a PHYSICIAN and their personal patient. The Physician who sees that patient, knows that patient as a human and, they should make the decisions together. It's called Physician/Patient privalege. (If this were Lawyer/ Client Privalege there would never have been an issue. Lawyers would have immediately sued.) There was a reason those medicines were used safely for the most part, for over 200 yrs. They're the only ones to fit perfectly like a key into those pain receptors in the brain. According to the DEA the ONLY 2 problem drugs that regularly kill ARE: Oxycontin/codone a total synthetic, and Fentanyl, the partial synthetic developed as a possible anesthetic in the 60's for surgeries. It didn't work. What ever happened to the Hippocratic Oath beginning w/ First, cause no harm? Allowing suffering and pain to continue needlessly is harm. Criminals are going to continue to be criminals no matter what. ONLY certain ppl have addictive personalities. Not everyone does. That's like saying don't build casinos bcz everyone has a gambling problem. MANY ppl really do, yet they constantly ignore that and build them anyway! MOST ppl took the Drug of Choice after surgery and stopped w/ no problems of so called withdrawal at all after the 8-9 weeks or more of recovery and physical therapy. These are all highly controlled meds anyway. By current definitions of dependency a person who has high blood pressure or diabetes is, "addicted, " to their medications. Are they going to be hauled away as addicts, too? This entire fiasco is lunacy, madness and, simply cruel and inhumane. Dogs are not allowed to suffer as humans, children, vets, disabled, the elderly, and, the dying are. A Physician goes into the Art and Practice of Medicine to EASE SUFFERING, heal and cure. Doctors are only interested in how much money they'll get, how they LOOK, as in, their reputations, and the bottom lines. From Your Own Play Book, " You cannot run Medicine as a business bcz people are not cattle." One of your own mottos that Western Reserve used to teach and instill in their students as a high value. "University Hospitals (used to) gives everyone regardless of ability to pay the exact same high quality care. That patient who cannot pay may simply just be put in a Ward and not given a room, " the same graduate from WESTERN RESERVE Medical School who told me the prior phrase told me this one. (NOT CASE.) He was willing to sometimes treat for free. Polititians have gone and made that Mercy illegal. 😠 Polititians suck. Only acouple of them in DC ( Desperately Corrupt) actually attended Medical School and saw/see patients. Ben Carson, MD, and former Senator, Scott Jensen, MD. There maaay be another but Congress doesn't usually attract the best and brightest. UH needs to return to her roots of easing suffering and provide real care with real pain medicines that are proven to truly ease suffering at the proper dosages and proper lengths of time to be determined by the individual prescribing Physician, be they a Surgeon, Internist, etc. Not determined by some life in an Ivory Tower Group who never see actual suffering on a day to day basis in an ER. UH must take her rights back as a Hospital for the sake of her Owners, Patients AND her Physicians! The Gov't has stolen them!!!! First by telling you that Physicians could no longer be Internists and Endocrinologists, or Internists and Gastroenterologists, or Internists and Rheumatologists! You allowed this to happen bcz you guys did nothing to stop it, even though it was a completely idiotic thing to do by the Governing Boards. It began further compartmentalizing what is a highly complex biological System, the human body! It was taught by you that it is a single interactive, integrated system. What effects one part effects another! Now patients go from Physician to Physician, none of whom are given the time to communicate with each other about their patients. The so called role of Primary Care Physician is Laughable! They've no clue what's going on! They've no time! They may TRY to follow a patient or two, but if they have a Zebra in their practice? Poor Zebra! They're left behind or kicked out of the herd as, too complex. It's not the fault of the Primary either. It is the System that's been allowed to Coagulate around them! They're cluttered w/ too much Busy Work. Hospitals should be in the business of Protecting their Best and Brightest! Offering them the Highest benefits to Stay with Them! Second, the Gov't is demanding to play doctor. A role not in the Constitutions of Federal or State Legislatures, and, one they are not even remotely qualified for. Forcing Physicians to see a patient every 15-20 minutes is a form of insanity. This is simply not enough time to spend with any one patient. It is not time enough to take a comprehensive history, or even to listen to the poor patient fumble to try and describe something they've not been trained to explain! It is the Role of the Physician to ask the proper questions and Guide the patient into describing what's wrong. Physicians need time to physically examine patients. Check their glands, tongue, eyes and ears. Palpate them properly and firmly. It's no wonder Physicians are retiring as fast as they can. They can no longer take the pressure to produce a Product instead of a Result. Telling Physicians who spent their entire lives studying to be Physicians what medicines they should be prescribing is Ludicrous, as well. Niether the Gov't, nor insurance companies should make those determinations, even if they have a "doctor," on staff. Those ppl don't see these patients! Nor should a Team make decisions over another, well qualified Physician! How would you like it if someone came and told you what underwear you were going to put on everyday from now on? That is what it's like for one of you to suddenly be told what to do by an ignorant, raving bureaucrat. That's the level of madness that this insanity has reached, especially now with this Cov-Control. When you take your dog to the vet, you demand The highest quality care for it! Do you not? Why would you not want the highest quality care for your relative (wife, daughter, son, husband...) if, unbeknownst to you, they were suddenly in the ER? Wouldn't you want their personal physician to atleast see them, or, speak to the attending on the phone? Or that the ER Physician will have Mercy and give them pain medicine that will actually work? And not amputate a limb w/out trying to consult SOMEONE or Try to save it? (Metro Health is the Last level 1 Trauma Center in this entire area. Why is that??! Why don't you even have one level 1??! There aren't even any level Two Trauma Centers! Only One 1! All the rest are level 3!! So if your child cuts her finger off (God forbid) you MUST go to West 25th's ER! ) There is no aggregate data from double blind studies bcz there have never been double blind studies conducted on morphine and it's derivatives, "... No physician in their right mind would subject a control group to such a level of suffering... " Stand Up, UH! Take back your rights from the overbearing Gov't! Both State and Federal Gov't's must give you, a HOSPITAL, back your rights to both practice and teach real medicine, as you once did. They must stop editing the text books of so called, "false information," that doesn't fit the media's narrative, or, the ppl who now "own," the AMA. Be the Good Guys Once Again!! And while you're at it, plz, change the name of the School back to Western Reserve. PS, It's ER not ED (ED means something completely different and dysfunctional.) Your "Talking Groups" are incorrect. All that money you and SW paid for those, "studies" was a waste of time! The General Public still call them ER's!

I just wanted a Covid-19 test but got a physical exam along with the test; not sure why?

Never expected urgent care to be so wonderful and understanding to my physical needs. Everyone was so caring - I have not stopped talking about my experience with urgent care!

All went well. Just wait time was long. For a physical.

Front desk polite and professional. Nurse and DO professional and kind. Inquired if the DO treated Westmed patients outside of urgent care, as I would have scheduled a physical with her, perhaps using her as my PC provider.

Most well run and well thought out operational plan and procedure for initial processing of large volume of patients seeking COVID testing. The system developed for patient intake was by far better than the typical ‘cattle call’ physically wait in line system being utilized by other health care providers- it was safer for patients and staff as well as being less burdensome and time wasting for the patients. The online program worked as intended and was as fair and transparent in terms of patient movement as possible.

Listed to everything I said and provided as excellent care can be provided without a physical check. Prescribed meds that according to my research were the correct course of action.

Very friendly staff. The physician who examined my son was thorough and asked excellent questions for a complete history and physical. Awesome experience all around.

Thank goodness I don't need this kind of care very often. I had an unexpected need for Urgent Care and was pleasantly surprised by how fast, clean and efficient this one was. While I didn't physically feel better immediately my hesitance about visiting someone other than my regular doctor or a traditional ED was unfounded in this case.

Due to the quantity of people getting tested for COVID only I suggest you do online video appointments and then assembly line testing with online results. This would enable you to do more testing, increase your bottom line, less physical contact with COVID positive people that just want to know is they are positive or negative. This would reduce people waiting in cold cars and people getting turned away. Some of those people have COVID and wait days to get tested possible infesting others.

Everyone was so kind and explained everything well. Super accommodating and very pleasant experience although my ailment was somewhat uncomfortable. They put me at ease both physically and mentally.

Went in for a COVID rapid test and annual physical. Was in and out within 1hour. Great staff, very helpful.

I was so relieved I didn’t have to physically take my daughter to the dr.... we were able to do a virtual dr’s visit! It was thorough and efficient! We will definitely use AcuteKids Pediatric Urgent Care again!!

The Nurse Practitioner was excellent. She was very professional and helpful. She took her time to understand what was my concerns and told me what She recommended. She was very caring. I appreciate that very much. I would definitely recommend anyone to use this type of visit of they are unable to Physically go to the urgent care. Thanks again

I went for s physical and they were very friendly

Short wait time. Administrative staff was friendly, helpful-explaining payment options, effective in facilitating pharmacy transactions for prescriptions. Dr Brutus has excellent bedside manner, listened attentively taking the TIME to deliberate over additional causes of my diagnosis and multiple treatment options. Xray technition creatively accommodated my physical disability. Overall good healthcare delivery.

The nurse, Flo, and PA, Allie, went above & beyond taking care of me physically and emotionally. I met 2 angels that day. They are Superheroes!!!

Waited for 4 hours to have a physical that took about 20 minutes. Need to organize why people are there.