Rapid COVID-19/Flu/Strep Testing Available
Feeling under the weather? This location now offers point of care COVID-19/Flu/Strep rapid testing. The test consists of one nasal swab that analyzes for COVID-19, influenza and strep throat. Patients can expect to receive their results in just 15 minutes. Rapid testing should only be utilized by those who are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms. No physician referral required. If you are symptomatic, please schedule an appointment.
This practice is now offering telehealth virtual visits for patients. To make either an in-person or virtual appointment, please call our office.
In order to provide our patients with care in the safest manner possible, the following changes will become effective on Monday, March 23, 2020:
- Clinic hours will be held Monday & Thursday 8am-5pm, Tuesday & Wednesday 8am-4pm, & Friday 8am-1pm.
- Chronic patient follow-up visits, well visits, and other routine care for patients will be daily from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.
- Sick visits will be held Monday through Friday 1:00 pm to 4:30pm and every Friday from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm.
- Persons who do not have an appointment, will not be permitted in the waiting room unless they are a caregiver/parent for a person who needs assistance. All other visitors will be asked to return to their vehicles to wait.
- Any person presenting with cough, cold or respiratory symptoms will be required to wear a mask while in the waiting room and will be moved to a separate area (if available).
- Clinic staff are calling all scheduled patients the day before their appointment to complete a “travel screen/potential for exposure screen” . If the screen is positive, a nurse will speak with the patient to determine if the patient should be seen in the clinic or would need to be seen in a different environment.
- All elective and non-essential surgeries have been postponed through the end of April 2020.
Clinic hours of operations will be monitored frequently and may change due patient and clinic needs.
A division of War Memorial Hospital, Valley Health War Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine provides comprehensive healthcare for adults, including the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of acute illness and chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease, cancer, blood disorders, and arthritis.
