Boulder Medical Center: Urgent Care

Came in for dehydration related to the stomach flu. I was in and out of there as fast as I could’ve been (took time to get the IV fluids in me but that’s not under anyone’s control). The nurse and doctor that saw me were really nice and also quite efficient. Hopefully I won’t need urgent care again, but if I do, this is a great place.

Both my husband and I have been here within a week while visiting Boulder. Both of us were seen promptly. Both nurses and both doctors were excellent! They are down to earth, personable and knowledgable. I highly recommend this place!

I’m from CA on vacation & developed a UTI amid my vacation. We stopped in to the urgent care and was in/​out of the facility w/​in a hour. The receptionist was friendly, welcoming & very efficient. The nurse was calming and gentle. Dr Sato was wonderful! He literally explained every step of the urine test process, from what they look for to how they look for it. I’ve never had a Dr take the time to explain in detail the diagnosis & treatment like he did. It’s so comforting to know what is going on with your care through the entire visit. These people are amazing!

Don’t go on your lunch break. All the nurses go on lunch as well and the wait is long until 1 when they get back and finally take patients back. Plus, despite having been a patient for years, they still make you fill out paperwork AFTER you pay and confirm that your info hasn’t changed. Dumb.

I was a surprised to see BMC Urgent Care didn’t receive a better star rating. I’ve used their services MANY times and with many family members. I am so impressed by their triage ability I’ve been known to go there rather than the regular family practice. I even came in once and asked for a nurse who obliged me by coming into the waiting room and looking at the issue, not only saying it wasn’t anything that required the MD’s attention, but went on to tell me for future reference what to look for. NO CHARGE! That would never happen in a traditional practice. I consider their staff of MDs to be sharp and informative.

I went there last week and they did a great job of helping me. I was in pain — they sorted out what was going fast and efficiently and made me as comfortable as could be while I was there. Patty Zishka was my doc and I felt totally confident in her hands. Nurse Sarah did a great job. Mary saved the day by finding a vein.
The only drawback was the wait (I was there when it opened) but that’s the nature of urgent care — I’ve waited in an emergency room and prefer this to that.

If you can avoid this urgent care, do it. It is more like a drive thru med center. They don’t triage as well as a general physician’s office will — instead of getting your vitals (weigh in, measurements, etc) they ask you for that information, which I thought was odd. The doctor that attended to me was hilarious, though. He was funny and honest and made me forget about having a major viral illness but I left there not feeling like I was properly diagnosed.

I hated this place. They make you feel stupid for bothering them.

First of all I enjoy how they make it a point to try and get you in and out of the urgent care department in an hour and a half or less (I have often spent 3 – 5 hours just sitting and waiting in others).
However, I went in with a fever and the sorest throat I have ever had with an intense chest pain. I rarely go to doctors but literally felt like something really serious was happening. The nurse seemed really nice and caring and offered me anything I needed and I ask nicely for water and he said he’d be right back. Never came :(so by the time the Doc came in I was in some serious pain and could barely talk.
Doctor Payne only made eye contact with me once and seemed to be annoyed by me or angry because of something else. She said I had strepp and wrote me a script for anti-​biotics and proceeded to walk out. I had to call her back in and ask her if she was sure that was all I had and explained I had been doing carpentry in a dirty moldy basement and was worried about something more than just my throat. I explained I was in serious pain and hadn’t slept for more than a half an hour in days since I couldn’t breathe and my throat felt so raw. She immediately got very upset and said, «We don’t prescribe narcotics for simple strepp here!» and walked out. I tried to explain I was simply asking her to look a little deeper but she refused and walked out again.
Two days later when Doctor Payne’s anti-​biotic script wasn’t helping and I felt worse I went into another urgent care and was diagnosed with pneumonia! I immediately called Concentra to talk to a manager and got a hold of Adam who was simply the kindest and authentic person I have talked to in a doctor’s office. He authentically apologized and offered to take care of me on the house and give me what ever I needed. I didn’t need anything so said thanks for his understanding.
3 days later Adam called simply to see how I was doing and could tell the change in my voice and demeanor! I was very impressed with his care and have forgiven any previous issues I have had here.

I had the unfortunate luck to land myself in urgent care 2 weekends in a row. On the plus side, they were very quick and thorough in diagnosing my issues and making sure I was comfortable.

Oh. My. Goodness. BMC Urgent Care was so good to me! I came here when I broke my ankle a few weeks ago. There was a bit of a wait, but that’s to be expected with urgent care, i think. The nurses were incredibly kind and the doctor had an awesome sense of humor. He was fast and efficient without treating me like a waste of time.
When I found out my ankle was broken I started crying and feeling sorry for myself, mourning my lost ski season and climbing adventures. They totally put up with my pity party… The doctor gave me a hug, the male nurse said «its okay, I’d be sad too», and the female nurse brought me juice, crackers, and tissues.
I hope those who read this don’t find themselves in need of urgent care, but if you are, this is a great place to head!

Ripped a muscle in my leg and had to wait three hours in a wheelchair, face to the wall. The receptionist seemed completely uninterested in my plight and no one checked on me all that time, but still, the medical assistant, C., took time away from his patient to help me into the wheelchair, he was warm and attentive once I got through the doors into the exam room. The nurse and doctors were caring and attentive, and, finally, J. in billing was nothing but kind and laid-​back. I’m totally going there with my next trauma.

This is for the BMC Urgent Care in Lafayette.
I have been here once with pneumonia, and once went here with my wife when she broke her ankle. The service was efficient and friendly. I was seen quickly, and tests were done on the spot. I wish every medical place was this good.

I visited the lovely Lafayette branch on Friday night for a totally gross reason that I won’t go into here because it would be the very definition of TMI. I could just leave the whole subject alone; however, I do think it’s at least as important to review medical centers and hospitals as it is to review restaurants, because you’re about to drop super, major bank on your health and what’s more important than having an idea of how it’s going to go?
Personally, I’m not a big doctor person. It’s been years since I’ve been. When I get sick I just wait for it to go away unless I think whatever is going on is likely to kill or disfigure me.
That wasn’t an option on Friday, so into urgent care I went.
Everyone at this branch was wonderfully, painfully nice. There wasn’t a snappy nurse or snobby doctor in the place. They were efficient, too — there was hardly any waiting-​around time. That’s unheard of in a hospital! As soon as someone left, the next person in line would come in. Nurse, technician, doctor, another nurse, radiologist, the doctor again. I had a magazine with me but I hardly got to even pick it up.
I had two issues with the place, though. One was that the prescription the doctor gave me was really fuzzy. When I got to the drugstore, it turned out there were many variations of the drug he prescribed, but he didn’t specify which one I was supposed to take, or the dosage I was supposed to use.
The other was that the radiologist promised me a copy of my X-​ray, and then didn’t make one, and then went home. They called me the next day to say I could come and pick it up. Well… that’s great, but I live in Boulder, and you guys are in Lafayette, and I don’t have a car.
The whole experience though, as hospital-​like places go, was stress-​free and as enjoyable as possible due to the friendliness of every member of the staff. No one made me feel stupid. I’d feel comfortable going back, were something else catastrophic to happen to me.

If you Dustin review-​savvy, then you will know that medical problems have been quite common with my girlfriend and I. (If you are healthy, be thankful)
In any case, my girlfriend came down with a serious kidney infection recently and had to go in to Urgent Care (the in-​between of a reg. doc aptm. and the ER), several times.
Each time, they kept her for a few hours, made her comfortable, and did some thorough testing to make sure they knew what was going on. The nurses there were great, and the doctors seemed more like nurses in their caring aspect than the usual calculating professionalism.
Finally, she was diagnosed with an infection, given some serious intravenous anti-​biotics, and is now doing fine, so good job Urgent Care. Oh, and they are much cheaper than the E. R…my gf copay was $ 35, as compared to the $ 150 of the E.R.