Partners In Pediatrics

Recently took our 12 month old for a wellness visit. When we were seen by the doctor we had asked to learn about the clinics view on breastfeeding and holistic health. The Dr. proceeded to tell me that there was no nutritional value for me to breastfeed past one (even though the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends continuing past one year) and that my child shouldn’t need to nurse for emotional support and that it would affect her palate and her teeth could be crooked later due to extended breastfeeding. All NOT true! The doctor hardly said anything about my daughters development or health but had plenty to say about why we should vaccinate and seemed very irritated when our one year old was squealing. I will keep looking for a location that appreciates my business and is up to date on current research.

Wow, Unilocal truncated my last review to one paragraph. Interesting.
Do not take your child here. They sent us and a 5 day old baby to Minneapolis for unnecessary testing. When we got there, they said that we could have just stayed in Maple Grove and the procedure they wanted it’s to follow was outdated by 6 months. It was a 4 hour ordeal. They’ve also asked us multiple questions that they should have the answers to because it involved a medical procedure or immunization that they performed. One included a request to schedule a procedure ALREADY PERFORMED at the hospital and checked at the first office visit. It’s scary and incompetent. When I complained, I got indifference and no one ever called back.
Update: No one ever called me back to schedule our second appointment or address the mistakes they’ve made. Again, save yourself the grief and go somewhere else, especially if you are a tired new parent that doesn’t have time for this bs. You don’t want to put your baby at risk with these people.

Watch out for these guys, they will try to trick you into unnecessary services and vaccines. I will never bring my child here again after they vaccinated her against HPV without my permission. They certainly sent me the bill for it. Avoid!

We went first thing Sunday morning for a child with a sore throat. It was crowded, but they were fully prepared for a busy morning. We were checked in and registered quickly, and had very short wait time.
I guess they have 5 doctors working weekends which helps explain why we were seen so quickly.
Dr Bach was friendly and knowledgeable, as well as his nurse. I recommend them and would go back.

If you are looking for a clinic for you child, keep looking. We recently moved to the area and a couple of moms had recommended this clinic. I had to wait 20 minutes just to schedule an appointment! It only gets worse from there. We had to wait in the office nearly an hour before the doctor would see my 12 month old. They treat your child like a number. When it comes to the care of my child, this is not acceptable. I have been there twice and will never go back.

Extremely disappointed with this clinic. I have only used the ReadyCare service as I was unable to get a timely appointment so I cannot speak to that part but based on the service we received I will not be using them again — in any capacity.
One of my daughters was brought to the ER recently for a middle of the night asthma like attack. She has never had any issues like this before so it was a pretty big deal for us as parents to see her like that. She was treated and released but told to have a follow up appointment as soon as possible with a pediatrician. We are completely new to the area & do not yet have a family Dr. so we asked them for a referral. The ER doc didn’t really know but thought we should try Partners In Pediatrics. I called first thing Monday and asked for an appointment but was told none were available. I explained our situation and that the ER thought she should be seen asap and was told to ‘just bring her in to ReadyCare’. That was the first red flag — ReadyCare is obviously for simple illnesses not something more serious but I was willing to give them a shot considering my other options at the time (none). My youngest daughter had an ear infection — she’s had plenty so we know the drill — and so I brought her in as well.
We waited quite a while, which I expected for ReadyCare so wasn’t really an issue, but when the Dr. came in (dressed in jeans and a Goofy fishing hat) she basically spent about 2 minutes on each of them — told me I had nothing to worry about with my daughter who had just been in the ER 2 nights ago and gave a RX for ear drops for the other. Ummm… ok. I won’t even go into the issues with my oldest daughter because I should have known better than to try to get answers from a ReadyCare doc on something serious, but I did think they could handle an ear infection. I know my daughter’s ear infections are pretty hard to clear up and so I should have fought harder for an antibiotic but she had mentioned to just call back if she was still having problems and needed one.
Fast forward a few days — the ear drops aren’t doing anything to clear up her ear and now the other side is infected. I call the office to get an antibiotic and am told the Dr. we saw is out for the day as well as all of next week. She didn’t make a note about the oral antibiotic in my daughter’s chart so the only thing we can do is bring her back in. So now I have the privilege of waiting another 3 hours for her to be seen, pay another co-​pay on top of the RX just to get 2 minutes with another «Dr.» to write a script. I understand the need for safety, etc — but come on people. It’s an ear infection and we need a basic antibiotic. I can probably call her last pediatrician from 1800 miles away and have a RX called in within the hour. Needless to say this place is a complete waste of time and money — we will be finding a new clinic.

I honesltly have no complaint about this place. I only wish we still lived close enough to use them. At times the Ready Care wait can be a bit long, but it’s ready care, so we can’t expect to be seen immediately and the fact that they even offer this level of care is a testimate to their awesomeness.
Dr. P is amazing, his years of experience show through. I also loved Dr. S. Klien (she’s a fire cracker) and Dr. Meyer, who we used more often than now. I wasn’t a huge fan of one doctor, I find him to be distant and seemingly annoyed at basic questions (he isn’t very warm) but he’s not a doctor, doctor, so you may not ever have to see him.