UF Urgent Care Visit, Rt 44.

[dbateman72]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

You go to urgent care centers for non-life-threatening injuries.

[Mr Hanky]

Could have went down 44 to Leesburg Hospital I suppose

[Two Bills]

Couldn't the doctor check the X-ray?
Any time I have seen my X-rays it's pretty obvious if something is broken.

[Jayhawk]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

Oddly enough, some health care workers like to spend time with their grandkids also.

For most, a jammed finger doesn't call for Urgent care.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

If it's non-life-threatening, the best thing to do is CALL the urgent care center and let them know you have a non-life-threatening but "urgent" medical need, and want to know what the wait time is for a finger injury that isn't bleeding. They'll probably tell you "anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours" and you can decide at that point, before you even leave your house, if you want to risk waiting 3 hours for care.

Since you were able to get home without diagnosis or treatment, it was probably slightly less urgent than you thought it was. If frustration of waiting is greater than pain of injury - then stay home. Wrap it tightly with a bandage or splint it with a tongue depressor if you have one, and wait til after the holiday to go to the doctor's office (or another urgent care center).

[Babubhat]

Paramount urgent care lady lake. Open 365 days

Servicing the central Florida area, our centers have on-site labs, medicines, x-rays, EKG & more. Walk-ins welcome – no appointment needed. Tourists rest easy, we accept travel insurances, as well as most other insurances. Urgent Care centers are a great alternative to the hospital emergency room, as the cost is less, and service faster. We treat most minor, non-life threatening conditions and all illnesses cared for by a family doctor.

[bowlingal]

go to the ER on 466A. Exceptional service! open 24/7

[thevillages2013]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?
I’m not a doctor but I play one on TV. Ice, Advil

[JeanC]

If you were aware this was a non life threatening issue, then why did you go to the ER? An urgent care center would have done the job as well.

[Girlcopper]

If you were aware this was a non life threatening issue, then why did you go to the ER? An urgent care center would have done the job as well.
Exactly. And even if it was broken, so? The pain wouldnt go away because you now know for a fact. ERs take people according to priority. I wojld imagine you would be at the back of the line if others were there

[J1ceasar]

Leesburg hospital has an excellent urgent care facility right next door to them. That being said I hope all you villages stay in your bubble so everyone else can get good care. If you don't think you're going to die from something don't go to an emergency room

[merrymini]

What? Try to make sense, just try.

[eeroger]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

More mismanagement by UF The Villages Hospital! Would never go there and trust their care. It is like going to the ER at TV hospital. The OP is correct Ocala Health on 466A is hands down the place to go for urgent care! They also have another facility on 441 near Camping World. Great care!

[Eg_cruz]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?
Paramount Urgent Care on 466

[Eg_cruz]

Paramount urgent care lady lake. Open 365 days

Servicing the central Florida area, our centers have on-site labs, medicines, x-rays, EKG & more. Walk-ins welcome – no appointment needed. Tourists rest easy, we accept travel insurances, as well as most other insurances. Urgent Care centers are a great alternative to the hospital emergency room, as the cost is less, and service faster. We treat most minor, non-life threatening conditions and all illnesses cared for by a family doctor.
Yup best place in the area

[Miriam2940]

You go to urgent care centers for non-life-threatening injuries.

Urgent care facilities don’t have x-Ray equipment

[The Caretaker]

Ocala ER on 466A

[JMintzer]

Urgent care facilities don’t have x-Ray equipment

Many do...

[JMintzer]

More mismanagement by UF The Villages Hospital! Would never go there and trust their care. It is like going to the ER at TV hospital. The OP is correct Ocala Health on 466A is hands down the place to go for urgent care! They also have another facility on 441 near Camping World. Great care!

No, maybe there were more urgent cases that needed to be tended to...

That's how triage works...

[GOLFER54]

Should have given them the finger and left.

[rjn5656]

Most urgent cares post their wait time on their web site.

[Rzepecki]

go to the ER on 466A. Exceptional service! open 24/7

Another vote for Ocala Health ER on 466a or 441. :BigApplause::BigApplause::clap2:

[nn0wheremann]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?
To your refrigerator, get some ice cubes and a wash cloth, pack the jammed finger in ice. Eat a popsicle and use the stick to splint the finger. Whatsa matter? You never in the Boy Scouts? Maybe take a Tylenol. Enjoy your visitors. If it still needs attention next day, go to urgent care. Quit bankrupting Medicare.

[yankygrl]

WORD OF WARNING - If you left without discharge, insurance may not pay the bill...

[yankygrl]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?
I have always used LRUC in LSL near cardiologist. Husband did use new UF urgent care/ER ON 44 last year, can’t remember why, but very professional and care was good, BTW I’m an RN so pretty critical about care etc.

[DAVES]

I for one am thankful I never got involved in the medical field. Imagine every customer you deal with is sick or think they are. They expect, they demand that you do miracles, in 15 minutes ok many demand ten minutes with you waiting for them to arrive.

Mom used to cure everything with a kiss to make it and her feel better a bottle of iodine and ROY RODGERS band aids. Child protection services did not exist. Sue mom for mal- practice? Dad would settle that case with his garrison belt. Also a cure all.

[Babubhat]

go to the ER on 466A. Exceptional service! open 24/7

Never! They charged $1000 for a cut finger

[Lynnesail]

Urgent care facilities don’t have x-Ray equipment

Some do have x-ray equipment. Exceptional urgent care does.

[Bruceg15]

I was there for 4.5 hours when my defib/pacemaker vibrated. The reason the long wait that was given to me by the Doctor, (who was really nice and professional) is that he was the only Doctor there. He even told me to contact UF to, "complain about staffing" because he was taking care of all the 16 patients. This event occurred on a Sunday afternoon, and BTW not the 4th of July.

The next day I went to my cardiologist's office. They asked me if UF interrogated the device. If UF would have done so they could have informed me it was an was alerting met that I have 3 months left of battery power.

BTW, I was also informed UF Does have the equipment to interrogate my device.

Never Again

[airstreamingypsy]

go to the ER on 466A. Exceptional service! open 24/7

ERs are for emergencies, not jammed fingers.

[BekaJayne]

... had my grandchildren eat a popsicle and give me the sticks. Then had them hold them in place while I taped up my finger. LOL

I'm sorry you had that experience. Frustrating for sure. I hope it is feeling better by now!

-Rebekah

[Burgy]

If the doctor can't look at your X-ray and say "I don't see a fracture but we will call you if the radiologist sees something, that is poor care

[Doro22]

Definitely agree

[JMintzer]

Never! They charged $1000 for a cut finger on a holiday with insurance. Repair took only minutes. Ridiculous pricing

Emergency room pricing... Not their fault if you hadn't met your deductible...

[brfree1411@aol.com]

I recently had a need for a doctor. Not having a GP here in the Villages, I went to Ocala ER near Trailwinds. I have never been so surprised. I was ready to wait a couple of hours. I sat for 5 minutes or less, I was called into a room, inserted all info into an ipad. The doctor came and ordered a CT and i was home with a diagnosis in under an hour without any money being spent. They were WONDERFUL!!!!

[Dana1963]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?
Just another Villager that feels privileged.

[MidWestIA]

Looks like the local urgent care closes at 5pm I guess nobody has medical problems at night

[Worldseries27]

word of warning - if you left without discharge, insurance may not pay the bill...
now you did it.!!!
A 💔 broken heart 2 ??

[TNLAKEPANDA]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

OH PLEASE ! Stop…

[JMintzer]

Looks like the local urgent care closes at 5pm I guess nobody has medical problems at night

Some are open until 8-9:00...

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Urgent care facilities don’t have x-Ray equipment

Many do. All the ones I checked on google for "urgent care with x-rays near me" have x-ray equipment.

[va42dapa@gmail.com]

There’s a new urgent care company coming soon which will service The Villages. It’s called Dispatch Health and the care provider comes to your home. Dispatch is established in 38 cities across the US, several in Florida, and has great ratings. Having in home urgent care treatment options should provide a niche for many Villagers facing mobility or transportation issues. The Ocala practice is aligned with Advent Health.

[golfing eagles]

There’s a new urgent care company coming soon which will service The Villages. It’s called Dispatch Health and the care provider comes to your home. Dispatch is established in 38 cities across the US, several in Florida, and has great ratings. Having in home urgent care treatment options should provide a niche for many Villagers facing mobility or transportation issues. The Ocala practice is aligned with Advent Health.

Beware. Such a service is very limited in scope. 40 years ago I did some moonlighting for a similar service in NYC. We would carefully screen all requests to make sure it could be reasonably handled on a house call. This basically limited us to colds, sore throats, minor burns and injuries, and that was in 1985. With today's technology (and lawyers), I have some questions about just what type of problems this group would be willing to treat at home, where there is no lab, no x-ray, no CT, no EKG, etc. If they are ethical, they will tell you, on the phone , to go to the ER or urgent care, or to call an ambulance if the condition warranted. If they are in it for the money, they might show up, do a cursory history and exam, THEN tell you to go to a facility. That will be $300 please---cash or credit??????

[Girlcopper]

WORD OF WARNING - If you left without discharge, insurance may not pay the bill...
Im sure insurance will pay for a injured finger if you walked out. Especially when they see you saved them money by doing that since tying up a spot in the ER was not called for

[JMintzer]

Im sure insurance will pay for a injured finger if you walked out. Especially when they see you saved them money by doing that since tying up a spot in the ER was not called for

Then what would they be paying for?

[CFrance]

What? Try to make sense, just try.
Can't figure out whom you are responding to. It's helpful to reply with quote.

[Ptmckiou]

There is a new stand alone ER on 44/Meggison Rd. I’ve only heard good things about it. HOWEVER, you should have gone to an Urgent Care facility and not an ER. It wasn’t life threatening. Personally, I would have given you ice and Advil…until you could get an appointment with your doctor, or an Urgent Care after the holiday.

[davem4616]

at our age, everyone should know that you stay the heck away from the ER (or any medical facility) on a holiday...unless it's a true emergency...which a jammed finger is not

too bad the OP didn't just 'cowboy up'...have a couple more beers and spend the holiday with his grandkids

[Atamasco]

4th of July.
Jammed my index finger.
Wanted it checked by a doctor to make sure it wasn't broken.
("Why visit the 4th of July?. It hurt.)
1 doctor onsite. Very nice.
1 radiologist viewing x-rays remotely covering 3 UF facilities.
Waited 3 hours to have my x-ray read.
No one could tell me when the 1 radiologist would get to my x-ray.

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

Where do you go for treatment of non-life threatning injuries on a holiday in the Villages? People get hurt on holidays to. Why the poor coverage?

Realistically, your xray would have been electronically sent to a radiologist in TX or CA for reading. Likely, on that day, there may have been only one or two to read thousands of films sent to them from all over the country. It takes time.

[stebooo]

It's not mcdonalds

[DaleDivine]

If you were aware this was a non life threatening issue, then why did you go to the ER? An urgent care center would have done the job as well.
READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

[JMintzer]

READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

The OP posted the same complaint in "Next Door", but there they stated they went to the ER...

[DaleDivine]

There is a new stand alone ER on 44/Meggison Rd. I’ve only heard good things about it. HOWEVER, you should have gone to an Urgent Care facility and not an ER. It wasn’t life threatening. Personally, I would have given you ice and Advil…until you could get an appointment with your doctor, or an Urgent Care after the holiday.
NOBODY reads the above posts on previous pages. Just jump in the middle of a conversation.
READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
:welcome::ho::ohdear::ohdear:

[JMintzer]

NOBODY reads the above posts on previous pages. Just jump in the middle of a conversation.
READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
:welcome::ho::ohdear::ohdear:

Did you miss this part of the OP's post? I mean, since you're so concerned about reading posts, and all... :icon_wink:

Grand Children visiting. Didn't want to spend the 4th of July in the ER with no
assurance I would receive a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Left in frustration.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

You are unbelievable…

[JMintzer]

You are unbelievable…

Thank you... I feel the same way...

Wait, What?

[CFrance]

The OP posted the same complaint in "Next Door", but there they stated they went to the ER...
Judging by the number of people who thought he went to an ER, I'm thinking he edited his post to add the urgent care part. Just my guess, but I think you nailed it.

[blueash]

If your finger was sprained you would be treated with a splint or by buddy taping the injured finger to its neighbor. If you had a simple fracture your finger would be treated with a splint or by buddy taping the injured finger to its neighbor. Only a very few complex fractures require anything more. So the Urgent Care doctor could have splinted or taped you and sent you on your way with a phone call follow-up to report the Xray later that day or even the next day. Frankly, I would think the Urgent Care doctor could read a finger Xray for anything major and depend on the radiologist for finding more subtle abnormalities.

[Carla B]

NOBODY reads the above posts on previous pages. Just jump in the middle of a conversation.
READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
:welcome::ho::ohdear::ohdear:

NO, OP stated he went to UF Urgent Care on 44. UF = University of FL. There is a UF ER facility on 44. An ER facility is not the same as an Urgent Care facility. Santos Urgent Care is on 44, but I don't think he went there, as I doubt they have X-Ray equipment.