Interfaith Community Health

I have been a patient at interfaith for 6 years. I had my records sent from my previous Dr at least 3x's. I paid for the records the last time, and interfaith lost parts of my file! The important part, that states I have Crohn's, & Lupus. I also have a bone tumor that needs yearly MRI's, but they lost that too! I paid for all my blood work, MRI's, Xrays back when I was able to work, and had insurance. Now I'm disabled, and get state medical. Continued care has been next to impossible at interfaith! I'm in constant pain, and after asking for a MRI, after 6 years I finally got one. idk if the Enchondroma has grown ( crush injury) because they lost the MRI! I have daily diarrhea, bone and joint pain, muscle weakness, nausea, fatigue, edema, abdominal pain. I loose potassium, vitamin D and calcium that I have to take prescribed pills to replace the vit D, cal, and potassium I loose! I rarely see the same dr twice, but when I do, they just dont take the time to listen! I did finally get an xray, that shows arthritis in both knees, after I complained for 2 years. Did I get a "i'm sorry I didn't listen, lets investigate this better? No! I have real documented health problems, and autoimmune diseases run in my family. But they act like it's all in my mind, or that I want drugs. btw I dont take narcotics, only aspirin, and tramadol for pain that does nothing. At least they treat me for my Hypothyroidism! They also missed diagnosed my son, who complained about eye pain & headaches. He had a detached retina that needed laser surgery! Thank God for his endocrinologist correctly sending him to an ophthalmologist for Glaucoma Evaluation and later Surgery! Otherwise he would have lost his vision in that eye! Interfaith may be good to go to for a cold, but for serious health problems they couldn't diagnose spots on a leopard! We are still searching for real doctors, but so far none in this area will take our state insurance. They have a high turn over, many drs leave interfaith too. Why is that? more

Good: the fact its cheap. Bad: my husband is needing surgury for his back, his dr is at interfaith. hes in pain all the time, after going to the dr,s had to go to er 4 times in a month, his doctor never got the paperwork right, then sent him on a goose chase. not giving him any meds that at least took the edge off of his back pain....why are they doctors, if they cant even help. Im not saying give drugs to the drugies, or to the punks that come in looking for a high, but for those in real pain mri proof pain....?. Improvements: when one goes in, and in known pain, for them to get the help they need.. Other: his dr (PA) couldnt even pull up his recent mri's and said that we "allegly" claim to have them done...i got the bill, the ER was able to pull them up..... more

They go above and beyond, sometimes to the extreme. I broke my finger and needed to have it reset. I have no insurance, so seeing someone privately was out of the question. The ortho that the clinic has come in twice a week is a retired gentleman who really knows his stuff. He was leaving on vacation the following day. He was not scheduled to come in to the clinic. He came in to reset my finger (BOY, wasn't that FUN! LOL Not as bad as it sounds.) and put my cast on. There is one doc there who is always running extremely late. I got moved to that doc when my old doc left the clinic until they got a replacement. I would have to sit three hours on average to get in to see her. I find nothing ruder than a doc thinking that their time is worth more than mine. Anyway, I'm not with her any more. She is a good doc, just wayyyyyyy toooooooo thorough. more