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Family Medicine - Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Brainerd Clinic

Family Medicine • Brainerd, MN

★★★★☆4.3/540 reviews across 3 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Apple Maps: 3.8 (stars) (37 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (physician page: Dr. Kristin Elliott, MD): 3.1666667/5
  • Vitals (physician page: Dr. Joseph Mcraith, DO): 4.7/5 (3 reviews)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Compassionate, attentive care and doctors who listen
  • Thoughtful explanations and thorough consultations
  • Friendly bedside manner; comfortable communication with concerns

Common complaints

  • Not listening to concerns / rushed appointments / poor explanations
  • Staff/nursing miscommunication or not resolving issues; lack of trust
  • Incorrect information/disheartening experience in care

In patients' words

"“I can't rave about Dr Inkollu enough! She listened to all my questions and went into such detail…”"

— Apple Maps review snippet (Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Brainerd Clinic)

"“Nurses don’t have a clue … Issues rarely got resolved… If the issue was complicated … call would simply be disconnected.”"

— Healthgrades (Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd) group page)

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].

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