Sick visit policy:
1. Daily sick visits are available, please call for pre-screening, we are no longer taking walk in appointments to allow for patient triage and to keep on schedule as much as possible.
Patients with illness please follow these guidelines:
1. Patients who have respiratory symptoms and report they have fever over 100.4 can be evaluated at clinic but are asked to remain in their car for telephone triage and curbside evaluation. Call us when they arrive to get checked in by phone.
3. Patients who have respiratory symptoms such as coughing and nasal congestion but no fever and have tested for COVID with in the preceding 24 hours can be seen in clinic as a routine sick visit. If no COVID testing was completed please call us for telephone triage prior to your appointment.
3. Patients with other illness not including upper respiratory symptoms can be seen in clinic as a regular sick visit.
4. +COVID infections: COVID Medication is now available but not all patients are good candidates for treatment. Please call for an appointment to discuss your options.
Patient Care and Safety:
1. Visitors should be limited to the primary patient only and a caregiver if needed. Additional family members should remain at home or in the car.
2. MASK POLICY: All patients have the option to wear masks in clinic based on their preference. We request that patient's who are ill with any cough or upper respiratory symptoms wear a mask in clinic to prevent risk of spreading illness to staff or other patients. Staff will wear masks when felt necessary for our protection and if the patient prefers to wear a mask we will also.
3. Patients are able to utilize telehealth options for many visits. We are using a simple platform that does not require you to download anything to your phone or computer, but will ask you to authorize use of the camera and microphone. Your link for access will arrive by text message. Many patient's appointments can be managed by telemedicine. Labs if needed can will be scheduled separately if needed.
Community Precautions:
1. Patients who have immune compromise (under treatment for cancer or other chronic health conditions- Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure, COPD/Emphysema), should get vaccinated and be vigilant around others who may not be vaccinated, extra hand washing and avoiding close contact with others who not been vaccinated. Your immune system may not have a full immune response to the vaccine.
2. Patients who take medication for suppression of autoimmune diseases (RA, Crohns, Psoriasis, Ulcerative Colitis) should get vaccinated and be vigilant around others who may not be vaccinated, extra hand washing and avoiding close contact with others who not been vaccinated. Your immune system may not have a full immune response to the vaccine.