Christine M.
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I haven't had a chance yet to get…
I haven't had a chance yet to get results and deal with billing. However, I wanted to report on the scheduling and actual blood draw experience. I had to phone in to schedule. There is no option to speak to a person. It is apparently a nation or region-wide system and you have to choose the specific facility you want to go to. You have to sit and accept or decline each one, so it takes a few minutes just to identify the right lab. Every step of the process was like that. Very, very, very long. Then it disconnected. I had to start over. When it was all said and done it took me 20 minutes to schedule a simple blood draw. No way around the call tree and the limited options it gives you. When I arrived at the lab, again, there were no people. No signage just a kiosk to sign in. They were several minutes late, and there was no greeting from the Phlebotomist. Just said my name told me where to sit and that was it. No words. She took my blood and managed to utter the words, have a nice day. Even the blood draw was the slowest I have ever experienced. This was because the Phlebotomist had to enter all of my information into the system. I had entered information and scanned my cards at check in, but once I was in the room, she had to enter it into the system?? I saw no other human beings. I don't want to ever go back. Scheduling was The Most Frustrating experience imaginable and the in person experience was....isolating.



