Codman Square Health Center

Love my doctor which is why I still go there! They are extremely unorganized, I do not like putting down places in my community but I have been going there for 20 years and every time I go it’s a different process just to get registered. I have been here for 15 minutes and I have not even been registered yet (plus the waiting time I’ll have after I get registered to see the doctor). Not to mention the fact that this is my third appointment that they have either cancelled or rescheduled.

When I went to urgent care after spending 4 hours at bwh and had to leave. At 830 a.m. staff was freindly. There was a sign that said if you have trouble breathing tell the secretary I did
Was put I a room immediatley! ! As I have asthma and allergies. And had a sinus infection. Nurse put in my prescriptions fast! Gave a treatment with a nebulizer immediately and a note for work. She was freindly fast and efficient! Joan Delanay. Took good care of me. I was out in less than 45 mins. She diagnosed me so well I was sick and clogged up for a week. The medication had no side effects and I was better in less then 4 days. And back to work. I WOULD CHOOSE THIS CLINIC OVER ANY OF THESE BIG HOSPITAL TRIAGES. BWH THE NIGHT BEFORE MADE ME wait 4 HOURS AND I COULD NOT BREATH. THEY. HAD THE NERVE TO ASK ME TO SIGN A FOR saying they STABILIZED ME AND I LEFT VOLUNTARILY. NEVER SIGNED. URGENT CARE DOCTOR… JOAN THANKS!!!

Dangerously incompetent office staff. Don’t get me wrong, every doctor I’ve seen has been great. I’ve seen several doctors in the 7 years that I’ve been going here. It’s the office staff that’s the problem. I can handle that they aren’t friendly or professional. I’ve come to accept that I will be left waiting long periods of time for my scheduled appointment that I had to schedule 6 weeks in advance. I even shook off the times that I showed up for appointments that they lost due to «the new computer system» which has either been replaced multiple times or has been «new» for 5 years. What I cannot accept is having to call two or three times to get prescriptions refilled, especially when it’s the prescriptions that let me breathe. Then to top it off, when they finally DO call in my prescriptions, they send them to a pharmacy I haven’t used in 5 years!

It’s sad I have to write this but Ooooo well… I am 30years old and have been going to codman square from the I was a baby, when it use to be a lil brick building… I have came to the understanding with myself that I have to move on to a hospital! From the lack of customer service, to they new phone system that sucks, to them shutting down eye care cause they were so called renovating and for always having to book out a month away… I am beyond annoyed and it’s just sad I have to find a new place to go too…

I’ve been a patient here for 14 years now. They have great customer service and the providers are very caring and professional. I would recommend you to come here.

I just moved here from California and I needed to go to urgent care. Lucky for me I found this place. Everyone was professional and very friendly.

The health center has able to help me with an Urgent Care health problem while I was visiting in town. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Dear Codman Square Health Center:
When I got the flu immediately after losing my health insurance after graduation you took great care of me. You have excellent and kind staff and were always super helpful in answering all of my questions regarding my health insurance setup with masshealth. If you need to go to a clinic that will help you and then help you setup your health insurance in a clear and concise manner, this is the place to go.

The Codman Square Health Center does amazing work in the community. The health services are great and convenient, but I’m struck more by the other things it does: programs for teen moms who want to go back to school, Bold Teens, smoking cessation programs; plus it partners with Dot Well to do financial counseling at 450 Washington Street. It’s nice to think about what this place could be if people would seriously invest in the community because it would be amazing.

After calling the Dorchester House and being told I’d have to wait 6 weeks for an appointment, and discussing with them that I was ill and needed to see someone soon, they said they partner with the Codman Square Health Center, and they had a walk-​in Urgent Care clinic.
I called to the clinic to see how busy they were and went on down. Since I went during the day, it was super easy to find street parking just across the street. They do have a parking lot in front of the building but it was full.
It’s Dorchester — so most people would think extremely ghetto, correct? Not true. Yes, some of the people walking through the door are not the 9 – 5 businessmen/​women of downtown Boston, and yes, maybe a little more attitude than those same businessmen/​women — but extremely ghetto… no.
I saw Dr. Christine Farrell-​Riley and she was very nice. She sat down with me and listened to my symptoms… double checked all of the information in the computer about my vitals and what not that the nurses took from me, and then examined me and prescribed some antibiotics.
In the end, I’d say if you live in the Dorchester neighborhoods and you need to get in somewhere soon — go to the Urgent Care here. They have late hours for their regular practice, and even later hours for the Urgent care. I’ll post their Hours, Phone number, Address, Website below, b/​c the address on this listing was wrong. Put in a request to get it changed, but not sure how quickly that gets done.
URGENT CARE
Monday-​Thursday
8:30AM-10:00PM
Friday
8:30AM-9:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-3:00PM
PRIMARY CARE
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
9:00AM-9:00PM
Wednesday & Friday
9:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
CALL
(617) 825‑9660
637 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 2 124