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Judith Genthner: Home away from home!

Nabin Kumar K.C: Doctor are not nice very rude and arrogant

Abel Girma: Booked a travel clinic appointment and was able to get immunizations completed on the same day.The NP (Julianne Sullivan) and nurse (Angela Poock) who took care of me were extremely warm, knowledgeable and culturally competent.I was surprised to read about all the negative reviews at HUHS and don’t intent to discredit those individuals’ experiences. I did, however, want to share that my experience was overwhelmingly positive, and I’m thankful for the team as I was in a logistically complicated and frustrating situation with travel coming up in a couple days.For context, I’m a grad student with Harvard BCBS group plan. I also noticed that the immunization I had to pay for was much cheaper here than at other places I called.

Luice W: I had covid and felt so sick during the final week. When I made a call and walked in, the nurse and doctor were so nice and they made me calm. Everything was really fast: They gave me mighty medicines and they helped me to get well contacted with the emergency room, just to make sure I can get some more detailed tests. They did a really good job 👏👍

Andrew Koenig: I have had extensive contact with HUHS over the years. They have gotten markedly worse as time has gone on. I find it pretty much impossible to reach my physician. My prescriptions are constantly screwed up but it is impossible to reach anyone in his office by phone; I suspect remote work has something to do with this. Urgent care is no better - you are treated with brusqueness and disregard and rarely are given medication no matter how sick you are. The only department I can recommend with any enthusiasm is PT. Aside from that, avoid unless absolutely necessary.

Lance Ying: I'm a PhD student. The service they provide is terrible and they don't care about students. I waited for a month for my appointment and they canceled the appointment the day before. I had to wait for another month to speak to a different therapist. For students under a lot of academic stress, the university doesn't provide timely and sufficient mental health resources. It's even more ridiculous considering that Harvard students have to pay $1304 per year for university health fee in addition to student health insurance.

Mariana Mata: They went above and beyond to make me feel unwelcome (“are you staff? Are you student?” B*tch I’m both “oh typically we only see students” that is not what my harvard insurance card says) and did not attended my medical concerns. In another occasion they sent me to mt Auburn emergency because of an earache, I felt so stupid going to an ER just for that. In another occasion they canceled my appointment with very short notice and didn’t bother to reschedule, the list goes on, I have recently changed to a new provider, but I cannot believe the poor quality and unintegrated care I received at HUHS.

Serena Akinboboye: If I could give them 0 star I would, the heard experiences from my sisters who are Harvard students are terrible.

Veronica Santana: My partner had an experience so awful that I cannot wait until I can switch my Health Insurance coverage. My partner is experiencing pain from a tooth that needs a root canal. He had received a filling earlier today and unfortunately, the dental student did not secure a prescription for pain medication due to thinking a filling would solve the issue. Since he was seen by a dental student and due to the day/time they were unable to have an overseeing dentist prescribe him pain medication. He decided to call HUHS to see whether his PCP or his staff could help him with medication until a root canal on Monday.After speaking with someone on the phone, the person said they did not know what to do for him, but they said he could come down if he was close by and wanted to discuss it with a Nurse Practitioner. He went in person and ultimately nothing could be done because his PCP was not in. It would have been much preferred to hear that over the phone as opposed to walking (In pain) to the Smith Campus Center. That itself could have been a misunderstanding but how he was treated when arrived there is the real problem.The front desk staff were rude and dismissive from the moment he started speaking to them. The man at the front desk denied he had coverage (rudely, cutting my partner off...) and questioned everything my partner said.My partner presented his card and then said his PCP's name and that he had been there before, the man responded "Well that's impossible." Someone else then looked him up and found him, but as he was walking to see the NP they shouted out "No wait you don't have coverage!" To then check again and confirm he did. What is going on at HUHS that they can't even check someone in who has been there, and if the system was having issues then that is not their fault, but how they treated my partner is again the issue. The NP then told him that they did not have the authority to prescribe him anything. This, again, could have been said clearly and directly over the phone to not waste his or anyone's time but again would not be a huge issue if not for the interactions at the front desk.My partner was in pain and thought he would receive at least basic level of human decency in his interactions with HUHS staff. He was treated like he was a criminal walking off the street demanding drugs. He has seen his PCP there. This is HIS healthcare provider. They were asking him whether he was a "summer school student"...do they really not know how to use their own system, and that itself is understandable because systems change/new staff/systems act wonky... but being rude and dismissive is not.I have heard others' stories of bad experiences at HUHS (including my partner having previously been given wrong information in getting blood work done) and now it is just too much. If you are a staff member, then choose another insurance option. I had been a graduate student at Harvard before becoming an admin and thought it easier to stay. But I deeply regret that decision after what my partner experienced.

Elijah Tai: I've only been there once: went in with cough, fever and full body rash and left with the suggestion to get cough syrup. No better than a Google search or WebMD. :/Need a health clearance form for travel. I submitted it a month ago, still no answer.Every time I've called for info or to book something, the person was rude (except once... they were pretty friendly!)My medical rep is pretty good... but overall the system seems very overworked, understaffed, and/or inefficient. Not sure which!Would kinda rather no HUHS at all, but instead a place to process all Harvard-required medical paperwork.

Simone Worsdale: Have had a great experience for the past several years, including with my primary care & several specialists.

Ida F: If zero stars was a possible score I truly believe that HUHS deserves it. As a Harvard student I have personally received terrible care from them and have seen many of my friends and classmates receive similar treatment. The over the phone service is atrocious and will most likely make you feel even worse then you did before. It is a well known fact among Harvard students that HUHS is a joke and does not live up to any healthcare standards.

Dan Holabaugh: I have had nothing but good experiences here at HUHS. From simple colds and sinus infections, to a non-standard diagnosis that I may need an appendectomy (I wasn't presenting normal symptoms on a regular urgent care visit, but it turned out to be true, and possibly life saving). Visiting or talking to medical personnel is often stressful and difficult just because of the nature of the situation. I have always felt well cared for here, and greatly appreciate their work and attentiveness.

Emma Ton: Was very sick and the staff was very, very rude. i even heard them describing students' call as "bizarre" and laughed with one another while i was waiting there, in pain. better take care of yourself or else you need to bite the bullet for lack of options, but the manager should do something about it

Bruno Bueno Corrêa Martins: Extremely rude call staff. Couldn’t get the support I needed. Calling feeling bad, turned off the phone feeling even worse.

Boaty McBoatface: really rude call staff. so rude. on call nurse got angry for making them wait on figuring out some stuff

Umut Arslan: Months and months of waiting

Yuntian Deng: I am a Harvard student and I had a really bad experience with them today. On Monday I made an appointment by phone and scheduled an ultrasound for Wed. However, I only realized that the receptionist put down Friday for me after I went there and found that out today (I received an email that says Friday this morning but I didn't notice the wrong date). This is extremely frustrating, since I didn't eat anything to prepare for the ultrasound, and my wife took a day off to accompany me. What's even more frustrating is the attitude of the receptionists, who don't believe my experience (and no apologies apparently).However, I do want to mention that eventually the receptionists found me another slot later today (after my insistence).

Sarosh Khan: Harvard Health Services is a joke. I went there once as a student. It was terrible. Always went to an outside doctor after that. They seemed to be exceptionally good at being really bad, especially when it comes to looking at students as human beings.

Mary Atwood: I know my experiences haven't been universal and that many students have found the mental health care at Harvard in particular to be seriously lacking, but in my three years as a grad student at Harvard, I was uniformly impressed by every interaction I had at HUHS. I found the primary care team at the Law School Clinic to be attentive, detail-oriented, service-minded, and warm and personable both when scheduling appointments or asking follow-up questions and when actually in appointments at the clinic. I've also received top-notch, compassionate care in urgent care and in several specialties at the Smith Center. Beginning grad school with a complicated chronic illness - and having encountered seriously lackluster medical care at student health services in college - I was uncertain and not terribly optimistic about what I would find at HUHS; over the past three years, I've been delighted to have my expectations time and again more than exceeded by the competent, compassionate care I've received at HUHS. The convenience of having all specialists and primary care providers present in one fully integrated online system - and in many cases in one building - is also a great luxury that I'd never enjoyed before Harvard and that I'll greatly miss now that I've graduated.

Buck Leach: Have never had a problem with my health care. Courteous, professional and helpful care.

Morgan J: The nurses are absolutely horrible and don’t actually help you. The doctors are all extremely fatphobic. 0/10 but unfortunately I have the MIT insurance and have to come here. The male (bald) front desk assistant at primary care is AMAZING and so helpful though!!!!!

Hilary Chang: I had a terrible pain in my throat due to covid so I requested an urgent care appointment. There seems to be some mistakes in booking that when I arrived the front desk could not find my name on the list. But they quickly resolved the issue and got me in a room for treatment. I was impressed how welcoming the front desk were. I did not expect such a warm greeting since as today lots of people have already gotten covid. The front desk kindly asked how I feel and suggested me to use the grocery service when she knew I live on campus. That was extremely helpful. Dr. Luanne was very kind and caring. She gave me a through examination and very useful suggestions. It was a relief to receive such a warm and caring treatment in the hell of covid pain. Thank you all medical workers for providing such a wonderful experience in the time of covid.

Sam Maldonado: Rude/unfriendly staff

Hao-Wei Pang: I had an appointment at 10 am for a test at the second floor and checked in on time. I waited till 10:30 am and no one came to claim me for my appointment. When I asked what’s going on, it turned out they don’t even know who is supposed to do the test for me and they didn’t bother to figure it out until I asked. It makes me wonder if they really know what they are doing. Very unprofessional.

Will Bradshaw: Rudest receptionist I've ever met

Star “LoveIsWicked” Water: Hello. At MIT medical there is only ONE good nurse that actually asks how you’re doing. Next, the doctor rushed through us and also told us that the Urgent Care only focuses on the throat and other upper areas, even though my son had really bad leg pain. The nurse asked what the scale out of 10 was and he said 9 which was horrible!

C: I have had mostly pleasant experiences at MIT Medical, but for this experience, I would give 0 stars if I could.I called to confirm that my partner (an affiliate who had recently graduated) was still covered under the student plan after he was involved in a car accident. The person on the line confirmed that he was.He brought his medical insurance card to Urgent Care and they AGAIN confirmed that he had coverage.After all exams (x-rays, a splint) and a few hours, he was notified as he was leaving that he DID NOT have coverage and would be marked as a self-care patient.If we had known that he did not have coverage, we would have explored different options instead of settling immediately on MIT Medical after being MISINFORMED (TWICE) about the status of our insurance. We are currently awaiting a reply from the student plans office regarding this situation and will update this accordingly.

Mircea Dinca: Unless you are literally dying, avoid this, as you will never be attended to.

Ginnette Powell: Dr. Nguyen in dental is awesome. I'll be asking for her for all my appointments.

Lennart Bock: Was there for urgent care and definitely recommend MIT Medical. Very skilled and friendly personnel!Make sure to make an appointment online to skip the line.

Ali Daher: Horrible service.One doctor in urgent care had me promise after I was trying to convince her of crucial tests precribed by my PCP (who was not available that week and told me to pass by urgent care) that she would only do them if I promised she would not be responsible for following up with me on the test results. It was absolutely humiliating.

Sam Locke: I've been to a lot of doctors in my day. Not all of them have been particularly warm, welcoming, or acted like they wanted me there. Never so much as at MIT Medical, however, wherein I was scrutinized without a filter by Dr. Amirnazmi, who was appalled by the medication I was taking to the point of speaking most unprofessionally about it, as well as the state of my hair [something I am sensitive about] which was in bad shape due to illness. Her bluntness, abruptness, and the way she rushed around was exhausting. She did manage to listen to a couple of my concerns, but namely, I felt like a number instead of a person. I suppose that's the cost of attending a busy university facility, though. And it seems a lot of people had similar experiences.

Libby Falck: Wish I could rate different departments separately. Urgent care is AMAZING. Can be a bit of a wait at the wrong time but the people are lovely, kind, caring, and everything a healthcare team should be. The pharmacy is HORRIBLE. Seriously - get your meds somewhere else if you can. The pharmacists are unfriendly, unhelpful, and generally don’t seem to give a damn about patients.

Michaye Ledford: Extremely sexist.The first time I went with light-headedness, fatigue, and fainting spells, they wrote it off as "this is normal for women" and told me to "just go eat some protein." It took them a week to diagnose me with anemia and repeated effort on my part to say "I think this is what my symptoms mean."Now having abdominal pain up to my ribs, they won't throw off the theory of menstrual cramps. Pretty sure my uterus doesn't go up into my ribcage, thanks.I've had a friend who went for wrist pain which they diagnosed as a sprain; it was fractured.They obviously try to rush diagnoses and "wait out" any illnesses they can't think of off the top of their heads.

Vira Semenova: Update:My older experience was OK, but the service today was excellent! They treat abdominal pain very seriously and promptly.I was in fever having 102F, called MIT Medical Saturday 9am and asked for telephone instructions. Had to wait two hours and make 2-3 more calls to finally speak to a doctor. Was subsequently prescribed peptobismol for absolutely zero complaints of stomach problems (it was actually sore throat).Visited next hour in person using Uber, got steroids that helped immediately.

rajesh sharma: Surroundings are neat. Wait time is typically 1 hr. The treatment process is very slow.

SUN JIN MOON: Worst. Very slow. It takes avg. 2 hour before talking to a nurse. No doctor at first sight. No appointment. I come here because of school insurance. But I will never come here if I have to pay myself

Wenmin Chen: My experience with MIT medical in the past year has been a complete nightmare. Before I go into the details I must point out that I actually really like my primary care physician at MIT Medical and have only positive things to say about her. However, MIT pediatrics, Urgent Care, and pharmacy have been just awful. First, MIT urgent care prescribed incorrect dosage of medicine for my son and I only realized it because my son was prescribed the same medicine before. After the medicine problem was corrected, I was short 15ml of the medicine and MIT pharmacy refused to give me the medicine. Second, a doctor at MIT pediatrics misdiagnosed appendicitis as constipation even though I kept saying it could be appendicitis, resulting in complications that landed my son in the hospital twice. I filed a complain and as a result they are now overreacting. Just yesterday, my son's primary care physician freaked out and asked me to take my son to the ER over the phone when it was not warranted. I told her it could be strep throat but she refused to listen and threatened me by saying she would still ask me to take him to the ER anyway if I wait to have her examine him no matter the outcome of her exam. After multiple hours of waiting in the ER and unnecessary tests and ultrasound, the diagnosis was indeed strep throat. So basically she wasted my time and my money ($100 ER copay vs. $10 at MIT medical) as well as thousands of dollars of insurer's money.

anthony duggins: On the few occasions I need to see my Primary Care Doctor the clinic only ever gives me an appointment approx 4 weeks away. Each time I have made an appointment for an annual checkup the original appointment is cancelled and another one made at a significantly later date. It is comforting and stress reducing to know I can use the English NHS when in England. The counter staff range from being unfriendly (therefore stress inducing) to friendly.