Telehealth Urgent Care
Provides Veterans with timely, convenient access to same‑day clinical evaluation for non‑life‑threatening health concerns. This service allows Veterans to connect with qualified VA medical professionals from home, on the go, or from any location with internet or phone access.
Veterans don't need to leave their home to access VA virtual emergency & urgent health care. Nurses are available to evaluate your symptoms and recommend next steps that could include a virtual appointment with a medical provider or a consultation with a tele-emergency care provider.
Unless you are having emergency symptoms listed below, before you go to a community or VA emergency room, call VA Telehealth Emergency / Urgent Care. Veterans will speak to a nurse who can recommend a virtual appointment with a medical provider or a same-day consultation with a tele-emergency care provider.
When Veterans contact VA Telehealth Emergency / Urgent care, details of that encounter are added to their medical record, this ensures that their care team and medical provider can review and stay up to date.
Care you can get with Telehealth Urgent Care
- Influenza, COVID-19
- Lab test or x-ray results
- Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches
- Back Pain
- Urinary symptoms
- Dental pain
- Sore throat
- Ear pain
- Arthritis
- Gout
- Any other urgent care needs
Call 859-281-4949, select option 3
Go to the Emergency Department of call 911 if you are experiencing any life-threatening symptoms:
- Chest pain
- Sudden or severe pain
- Difficulty speaking, slurred speech or sudden severe headache
- Uncontrolled bleeding
- Changes in vision
- Confusion or changes in mental status
- Coughing or vomiting blood
- Difficulty breathing
- Seizures
- Major broken bones
- Suicidal or homicidal feelings