UChicago Medicine Adds Urgent Care Services To Homewood Location (2024)

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The Homewood location of University of Chicago Medicine begins offering urgent care services effective Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:57 am CT|Updated Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 12:31 pm CT

UChicago Medicine Medical Group - Homewood, which already offers primary care and family medicine at 17805 S Halsted St., will begin urgent care services for adults and children Jan. 17. UChicago Medicine Medical Group physicians will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends and all major federal holidays.

The Homewood site is the first of several new urgent care locations the Hyde Park-based health system plans to operate in Chicago and the suburbs this year.

"UChicago Medicine saw a gap for our patient population," said Anwar Isabell, MD, Urgent Care Medical Director. "For us to continue to serve our communities and build on our stellar reputation, we took a step to provide urgent care to our patients."

The Homewood urgent care clinic will offer care for everything from headaches, nausea, and upper respiratory infections to sprains and fractures. It will also offer point-of-care lab testing.

"We don't want urgent care to replace your primary care physician or occupational medicine," said Isabell, who will also be one of several physicians at the location. "It will serve as the in-between so that you are able to follow up with a primary care physician or specialist."

Insurance is accepted, or patients have the option to self-pay for care. No appointments are necessary.